Belt game 3,433 · March 3, 1973
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on the road to start reign 1,308 of the NHL belt, the 170th for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since February 28, 1973, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
New York Rangers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Vancouver Canucks on March 4, 1973.
1,308Reign number
170Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Delvecchio | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Garnet Bailey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mickey Redmond | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Charron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Lavender | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Karlander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Marcel Dionne | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Berenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Libett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Henry Boucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Ecclestone | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Bergman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Thommie Bergman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Stackhouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Roy Edwards | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Denis DeJordy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 33 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Hadfield | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Rousseau | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gene Carr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Murphy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Stemkowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Irvine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Sather | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Fairbairn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Rolfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Villemure | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 23 |
| Peter McDuffe | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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