Belt game 3,833 · November 23, 1977
Detroit Red Wings take the belt
Detroit Red Wings beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at home to start reign 1,444 of the NHL belt, the 165th for the franchise.
Philadelphia Flyers had held it since November 13, 1977, with 3 defenses over 10 days.
Detroit Red Wings held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on November 26, 1977.
1,444Reign number
165Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale McCourt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Maloney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Polonich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Bowness | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Woods | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre St. Laurent | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Hextall | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lochead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Joly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Reed Larson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Libett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al McDonough | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Timothy Sheehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Perry Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Rutherford | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Low | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 24 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Barber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Clarke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mel Bridgman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Saleski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ross Lonsberry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick MacLeish | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Reggie Leach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Dailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Bladon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Dupont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bernie Parent | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Stephenson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 25 |
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