Belt game 6,340 · December 10, 2002
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–2 on the road to start reign 2,466 of the NHL belt, the 313th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since December 7, 2002, with 1 defense over 3 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Tampa Bay Lightning on December 12, 2002.
2,466Reign number
313Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Mcinnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jozef Stumpel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Zamuner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Michal Grosek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ivan Huml | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| P.J. Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Boynton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jonathan Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shields | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| John Grahame | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 27 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Oleg Petrov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Zednik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andreas Dackell | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Bulis | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Juneau | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Gilmour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Yanic Perreault | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chad Kilger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Traverse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Hackett | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 33 |
| Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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