Belt game 5,352 · February 26, 1993
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on the road to start reign 2,038 of the NHL belt, the 300th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since February 14, 1993, with 3 defenses over 12 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 5 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Tampa Bay Lightning on March 3, 1993.
2,038Reign number
300Team's reign
2Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Hawerchuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Yuri Khmylev | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat LaFontaine | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Mogilny | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Bodger | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Ciavaglia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hannan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Presley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Corkum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Ledyard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Fuhr | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 22 | 27 |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Muller | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephan Lebeau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Bellows | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vincent Damphousse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Leeman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilbert Dionne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Di Pietro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jesse Belanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Ronan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Roberge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Haller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Daigneault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 38 | 42 |
| Andre Racicot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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