Belt game 5,321 · December 17, 1992
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Quebec Nordiques 8–3 on the road to start reign 2,026 of the NHL belt, the 299th for the franchise.
Quebec Nordiques had held it since December 10, 1992, with 3 defenses over 7 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Carolina Hurricanes on December 21, 1992.
2,026Reign number
299Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Quebec Nordiques
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Nolan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mats Sundin | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Sakic | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Duchesne | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steven Finn | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ricci | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gino Cavallini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Kovalenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Gusarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Wolanin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 4 | 10 |
| Stephane Fiset | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 23 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Damphousse | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirk Muller | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Bellows | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephan Lebeau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Savard | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Benoit Brunet | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Ewen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Daigneault | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Roberge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Dufresne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 25 |
| Andre Racicot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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