Belt game 4,954 · March 11, 1989
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Hartford Whalers 5–3 at home to start reign 1,867 of the NHL belt, the 282nd for the franchise.
Hartford Whalers had held it since March 8, 1989, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Islanders on March 13, 1989.
1,867Reign number
282Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Courtnall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Thibaudeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Chelios | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Naslund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Dufresne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Hayward | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 30 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dineen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Maloney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| John Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Macdermid | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Ferraro | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Lawton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Evason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Ladouceur | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm MacIver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Babych | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Liut | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 20 |
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