Belt game 4,903 · November 5, 1988
Vancouver Canucks take the belt
Vancouver Canucks beat Hartford Whalers 3–2 (OT) on the road to start reign 1,845 of the NHL belt, the 21st for the franchise.
Hartford Whalers had held it since November 3, 1988, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Vancouver Canucks held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on November 6, 1988.
1,845Reign number
21Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Carey Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Dineen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Evason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Kastelic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Macdermid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Ferraro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Jennings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Ladouceur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Babych | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Liut | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 26 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Pederson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petri Skriko | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Bozek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Sandlak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| David Bruce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Butcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Tanti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Smyl | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rich Sutter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Trevor Linden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevan Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Benning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Nordmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Melnyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirk McLean | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steve Weeks | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 23 |
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