Belt game 5,167 · April 3, 1991 · playoffs
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 7–5 at home to start reign 1,959 of the NHL belt, the 291st for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since March 26, 1991, with 3 defenses over 8 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on April 7, 1991.
1,959Reign number
291Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu Schneider | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Savard | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Cassels | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Daigneault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Walter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephan Lebeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 29 |
| Andre Racicot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Ledyard | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Darrin Shannon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Christian Ruuttu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Vaive | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Benoit Hogue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Turgeon | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Uwe Krupp | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Haller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay Wells | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Sutton | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Lou Franceschetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Snuggerud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hartman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Mogilny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daren Puppa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 10 | 15 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 20 | 22 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.