Belt game 4,816 · November 18, 1987
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 5–2 at home to start reign 1,809 of the NHL belt, the 277th for the franchise.
New York Islanders had held it since November 12, 1987, with 2 defenses over 6 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Colorado Avalanche on November 23, 1987.
1,809Reign number
277Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Naslund | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergio Momesso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Chelios | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Lalor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Hayward | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 30 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Trottier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Sutter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikko Makela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Kromm | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Alan Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat LaFontaine | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Bassen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Lauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Dineen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Potvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Morrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Leiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Konroyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Curran | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Hrudey | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 35 |
| Jeff Hackett | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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