Belt game 4,953 · March 8, 1989
Hartford Whalers take the belt
Hartford Whalers beat Edmonton Oilers 7–3 at home to start reign 1,866 of the NHL belt, the 13th for the franchise.
Edmonton Oilers had held it since March 1, 1989, with 3 defenses over 7 days.
Hartford Whalers held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on March 11, 1989.
1,866Reign number
13Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Dineen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Maloney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Ferraro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm MacIver | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Macdermid | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Jennings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Lawton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Evason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Babych | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Liut | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 22 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Edmonton Oilers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carson | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Huddy | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jari Kurri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Simpson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Jonsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig MacTavish | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Normand Lacombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin McClelland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Muni | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Halward | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Ranford | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 27 |
| Grant Fuhr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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