Belt game 4,425 · December 21, 1983
Hartford Whalers take the belt
Hartford Whalers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on the road to start reign 1,659 of the NHL belt, the 7th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since December 18, 1983, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Hartford Whalers held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on December 26, 1983.
1,659Reign number
7Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindy Ruff | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Creighton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Cyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Real Cloutier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ramsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilbert Perreault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Mckenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Moller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ric Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hannu Virta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Housley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Wiemer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hajt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Playfair | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jerry Korab | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Sauve | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 25 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Malone | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Turgeon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Neufeld | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Richie Dunn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Stoyanovich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Lawless | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Dupont | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Blaine Stoughton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Crawford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Crombeen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Zuke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Torrie Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Risto Siltanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Hospodar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Staniowski | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 34 | 37 |
| Greg Millen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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