Belt game 4,940 · February 2, 1989
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Quebec Nordiques 6–1 on the road to start reign 1,861 of the NHL belt, the 280th for the franchise.
Quebec Nordiques had held it since January 28, 1989, with 1 defense over 5 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 11 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Colorado Avalanche on February 13, 1989.
1,861Reign number
280Team's reign
2Defenses
11Days held
Box score
Quebec Nordiques
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Goulet | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Fortier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Iiro Jarvi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Mcrae | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gaetan Duchesne | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darin Kimble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Trevor Stienburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gillis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Stastny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Poddubny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Sakic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jari Gronstrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Moller | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Picard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steven Finn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Tugnutt | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 24 |
| Mario Gosselin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 6 | 8 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephane Richer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Thibaudeau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Benoit Brunet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jyrki Lumme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Chelios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Hayward | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 28 |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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