Belt game 4,046 · February 10, 1980
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 3–2 on the road to start reign 1,506 of the NHL belt, the 252nd for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since February 9, 1980, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 9 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Washington Capitals on February 19, 1980.
1,506Reign number
252Team's reign
3Defenses
9Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Lalonde | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dwight Foster | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Bourque | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter McNab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Middleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Jonathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Secord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dick Redmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Doak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Milbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad McCrimmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Gilbert | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 21 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Engblom | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Mondou | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shutt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Larouche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Napier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Risebrough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvon Lambert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gaston Gingras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Langway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Lupien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Chartraw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michel Larocque | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Herron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 28 |
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