Belt game 4,707 · November 12, 1986
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Quebec Nordiques 4–3 at home to start reign 1,761 of the NHL belt, the 270th for the franchise.
Quebec Nordiques had held it since November 9, 1986, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 10 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on November 22, 1986.
1,761Reign number
270Team's reign
4Defenses
10Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephane Richer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gaston Gingras | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| David Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Naslund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Chelios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Hayward | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 23 |
Quebec Nordiques
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Lafreniere | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Risto Siltanen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Michel Goulet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Anton Stastny | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Stastny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Ashton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Kumpel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gillis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Quinney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Normand Rochefort | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Picard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Sevigny | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Malarchuk | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 15 | 19 |
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