Belt game 4,427 · December 26, 1983
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Hartford Whalers 2–1 on the road to start reign 1,660 of the NHL belt, the 261st for the franchise.
Hartford Whalers had held it since December 21, 1983, with 1 defense over 5 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on December 27, 1983.
1,660Reign number
261Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Neufeld | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Lawless | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Malone | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Dupont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Crombeen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Zuke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Blaine Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Torrie Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Richie Dunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Risto Siltanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Hospodar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Girard McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Staniowski | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 23 |
| Greg Millen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Walter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shutt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Naslund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Hamel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Mondou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Lafleur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Perry Turnbull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Chabot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kent Carlson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ric Nattress | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Root | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jocelyn Gauvreau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Wamsley | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Sevigny | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 29 | 30 |
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