Belt game 3,515 · March 27, 1974
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 3–2 on the road to start reign 1,339 of the NHL belt, the 189th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since March 24, 1974, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on March 30, 1974.
1,339Reign number
189Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Fairbairn | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Rousseau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Hadfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce MacGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bert Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Egers | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Stemkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Rolfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 27 |
| Gilles Villemure | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bucyk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Savard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Schmautz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Orr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Carol Vadnais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Esposito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Forbes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rich Leduc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gregg Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Marcotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darryl Edestrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Doak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ross Brooks | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 34 |
| Ken Broderick | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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