Belt game 5,176 · April 23, 1991 · playoffs
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 6–2 at home to start reign 1,965 of the NHL belt, the 294th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since April 21, 1991, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on April 25, 1991.
1,965Reign number
294Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayne Corson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Savard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephan Lebeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Roberge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Dufresne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 25 |
| Andre Racicot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Neely | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Petri Skriko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Poulin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Wiemer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Bourque | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Burridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wes Walz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Lazaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Nevin Markwart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Janney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Christian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Beers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rejean Lemelin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andy Moog | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 27 |
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