Belt game 5,207 · November 8, 1991
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat Montréal Canadiens 3–2 at home to start reign 1,977 of the NHL belt, the 18th for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since October 19, 1991, with 8 defenses over 20 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on November 9, 1991.
1,977Reign number
18Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Todd | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Chorske | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Stastny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Weinrich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Barr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Laurie Boschman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Conacher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Kasatonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Billington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 18 | 20 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Keane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Benoit Brunet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephan Lebeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirk Muller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Di Pietro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mcphee | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Ewen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Daigneault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 21 |
| Andre Racicot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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