Belt game 3,880 · March 11, 1978
Philadelphia Flyers take the belt
Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins 6–2 at home to start reign 1,454 of the NHL belt, the 27th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since March 4, 1978, with 3 defenses over 7 days.
Philadelphia Flyers held it for 5 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on March 16, 1978.
1,454Reign number
27Team's reign
2Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Clarke | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Saleski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Reggie Leach | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Barber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ross Lonsberry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick MacLeish | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Dailey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Bladon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Lapointe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hoyda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Holmgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Dupont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bernie Parent | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 28 | 30 |
| Wayne Stephenson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry O'Reilly | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Sims | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter McNab | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Bucyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Schmautz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Middleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Jonathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Wensink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gregg Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Marcotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Milbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Pettie | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 20 | 26 |
| Ron Grahame | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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