Belt game 3,409 · January 3, 1973
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at home to start reign 1,302 of the NHL belt, the 168th for the franchise.
Los Angeles Kings had held it since December 24, 1972, with 2 defenses over 10 days.
New York Rangers held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on January 6, 1973.
1,302Reign number
168Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Hadfield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Sather | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Fairbairn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce MacGregor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Stemkowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ab DeMarco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Rousseau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Rolfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 26 |
| Gilles Villemure | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Volmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ralph Backstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Venasky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Corrigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Juha Widing | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lesuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Bernier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Marotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Komadoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Edwards | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 36 | 38 |
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