Belt game 5,838 · January 21, 1998
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home to start reign 2,231 of the NHL belt, the 309th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since January 3, 1998, with 4 defenses over 18 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Carolina Hurricanes on January 24, 1998.
2,231Reign number
309Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Rucinsky | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Benoit Brunet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Vincent Damphousse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Poulin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Savage | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Bure | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Turner Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Scott Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Marc Bureau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Manson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Igor Ulanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andy Moog | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jocelyn Thibault | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 19 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitri Khristich | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Anson Carter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Allison | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kyle McLaren | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Don Sweeney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Joe Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| P.J. Axelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Rob DiMaio | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Ken Baumgartner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Heinze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Tim Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Darren Van Impe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mattias Timander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dave Ellett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ray Bourque | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Byron Dafoe | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 33 |
| Robbie Tallas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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