Belt game 4,428 · December 27, 1983
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Montréal Canadiens 7–4 on the road to start reign 1,661 of the NHL belt, the 32nd for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since December 26, 1983, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Rangers on December 31, 1983.
1,661Reign number
32Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Mondou | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Lafleur | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kent Carlson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Naslund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Perry Turnbull | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ric Nattress | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shutt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Chabot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Root | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Wamsley | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Sevigny | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 24 | 31 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Ramsay | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Peterson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilbert Perreault | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Moller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ric Seiling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Cyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hannu Virta | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hajt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Playfair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Mckenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Creighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lindy Ruff | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Housley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Wiemer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jerry Korab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Sauve | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 35 | 39 |
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