Belt game 4,045 · February 9, 1980
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 at home to start reign 1,505 of the NHL belt, the 199th for the franchise.
Chicago Black Hawks had held it since January 30, 1980, with 3 defenses over 10 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on February 10, 1980.
1,505Reign number
199Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Miller | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Wensink | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Secord | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter McNab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Middleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Lalonde | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad McCrimmon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Jonathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dwight Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig MacTavish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dick Redmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Bourque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Milbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Gilbert | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 33 |
| Gerry Cheevers | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reg Kerr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Marks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Lysiak | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Murray | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lecuyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rich Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Alain Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Mulvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Bulley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hutchison | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike O'connell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Keith Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Veisor | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Esposito | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 22 |
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