Belt game 3,412 · January 11, 1973
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on the road to start reign 1,304 of the NHL belt, the 169th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since January 6, 1973, with 1 defense over 5 days.
New York Rangers held it for 34 days and 14 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on February 14, 1973.
1,304Reign number
169Team's reign
14Defenses
34Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Deadmarsh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Mickey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rene Robert | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Wyrozub | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Robitaille | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Lorentz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ramsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilbert Perreault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Meehan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Luce | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Hugh Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Horton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tracy Pratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roger Crozier | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Dryden | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 25 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Stemkowski | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce MacGregor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Rousseau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Sather | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Fairbairn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Hadfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Rolfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ab DeMarco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 31 |
| Gilles Villemure | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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