Belt game 3,722 · October 19, 1976
St. Louis Blues take the belt
St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins 6–5 at home to start reign 1,406 of the NHL belt, the 17th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since October 10, 1976, with 3 defenses over 9 days.
St. Louis Blues held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Cleveland Barons on October 21, 1976.
1,406Reign number
17Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
St. Louis Blues
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Lefley | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Berenson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Larose | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Sanderson | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Garry Unger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob MacMillan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Irvine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Affleck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Hess | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Patey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Floyd Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gassoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Marotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Johnston | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 15 | 19 |
| Ed Staniowski | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 22 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Middleton | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter McNab | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry O'Reilly | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Hank Nowak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gregg Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Milbury | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Bucyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Forbes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Jonathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Marcotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Matti Hagman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darryl Edestrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Zanussi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Gilbert | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 35 |
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