Belt game 5,049 · February 17, 1990
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Hartford Whalers 7–3 at home to start reign 1,912 of the NHL belt, the 288th for the franchise.
Hartford Whalers had held it since February 10, 1990, with 1 defense over 7 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 11 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Carolina Hurricanes on February 28, 1990.
1,912Reign number
288Team's reign
4Defenses
11Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Lemieux | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephan Lebeau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Naslund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Ewen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jyrki Lumme | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Hayward | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 30 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Verbeek | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Evason | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Tippett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Ferraro | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Ladouceur | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Shaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Cunneyworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Dineen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Krygier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Kastelic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Yake | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Burt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Babych | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Liut | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 9 | 13 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 12 | 15 |
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