Belt game 3,834 · November 26, 1977
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1 at home to start reign 1,445 of the NHL belt, the 244th for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since November 23, 1977, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on December 1, 1977.
1,445Reign number
244Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Mahovlich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Mondou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Risebrough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvon Lambert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rejean Houle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shutt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Lemaire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Lupien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Michel Larocque | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 28 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Polonich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre St. Laurent | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Perry Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale McCourt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Libett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al McDonough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Hextall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lochead | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Timothy Sheehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Joly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Reed Larson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Rutherford | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 29 |
| Ron Low | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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