Belt game 3,767 · February 3, 1977
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 6–4 on the road to start reign 1,423 of the NHL belt, the 242nd for the franchise.
Vancouver Canucks had held it since January 29, 1977, with 0 defenses over 5 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 31 days and 13 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on March 6, 1977.
1,423Reign number
242Team's reign
13Defenses
31Days held
Box score
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lever | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Hilliard Graves | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Blight | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Oddleifson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Gassoff | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack McIlhargey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Wiley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Lalonde | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andy Spruce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry O'Flaherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garry Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Carriere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Kearns | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harold Snepsts | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Goodenough | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cesare Maniago | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Ridley | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 33 | 38 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Risebrough | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvon Lambert | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Tremblay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Mahovlich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shutt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Lemaire | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Savard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Chartraw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Nyrop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michel Larocque | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 16 | 20 |
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