Belt game 6,764 · January 24, 2008
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 on the road to start reign 2,661 of the NHL belt, the 318th for the franchise.
New Jersey Devils had held it since January 22, 2008, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Washington Capitals on January 31, 2008.
2,661Reign number
318Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Elias | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Mottau | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Colin White | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Paul Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zach Parise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Rod Pelley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Madden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Rupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Travis Zajac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Arron Asham | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Vitaly Vishnevski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Karel Rachunek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Weekes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 32 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saku Koivu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Komisarek | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Higgins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tomas Plekanec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Begin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Ryder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guillaume Latendresse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Josh Gorges | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Streit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Francis Bouillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cristobal Huet | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 10 | 13 |
| Jaroslav Halak | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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