Belt game 5,638 · February 24, 1996
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 at home to start reign 2,158 of the NHL belt, the 306th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Penguins had held it since February 23, 1996, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to San Jose Sharks on February 26, 1996.
2,158Reign number
306Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Rucinsky | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Turgeon | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Recchi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Kovalenko | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Vincent Damphousse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Fraser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Murray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Bure | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Bureau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Turner Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Jablonski | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jocelyn Thibault | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 25 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Lemieux | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zubov | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Dziedzic | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Markus Naslund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Roche | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Tamer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Francois Leroux | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ian Moran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 13 | 14 |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 11 | 17 |
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