Belt game 4,788 · May 8, 1987 · playoffs
Philadelphia Flyers take the belt
Philadelphia Flyers beat Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on the road to start reign 1,793 of the NHL belt, the 58th for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since May 6, 1987, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Philadelphia Flyers held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on May 12, 1987.
1,793Reign number
58Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Chelios | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Naslund | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergio Momesso | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Lalor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Hayward | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 14 | 18 |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelle Eklund | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Tocchet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Propp | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Sutter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Tookey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lindsay Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ilkka Sinisalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Derrick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Zezel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Crossman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad McCrimmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Smyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 36 | 39 |
| Glenn Resch | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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