Belt game 4,101 · October 25, 1980
Detroit Red Wings take the belt
Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers 4–2 at home to start reign 1,528 of the NHL belt, the 168th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since October 22, 1980, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Detroit Red Wings held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on October 26, 1980.
1,528Reign number
168Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Thompson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale McCourt | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Foligno | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Labraaten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Polonich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Blaisdell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Gage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| George Lyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Ogrodnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Vasko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Willie Huber | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Joly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reed Larson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Rutherford | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
| Gilles Gilbert | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Anders Hedberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Greschner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Duguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Silk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cam Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Esposito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Laidlaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Carol Vadnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Hospodar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Dore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Thomas | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 22 |
| Doug Soetaert | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.