Belt game 980 · November 26, 1940
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 3–2 on the road to start reign 400 of the NHL belt, the 57th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since November 23, 1940, with 1 defense over 3 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 4 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on November 30, 1940.
400Reign number
57Team's reign
0Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Wiseman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roy Conacher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Cowley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Art Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Flash Hollett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Herb Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dit Clapper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mel Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Woody Dumart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Bauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Des Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Shewchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Brimsek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toe Blake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Quilty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Portland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Benoit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lou Trudel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Sands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Getliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Demers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Goupille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Reardon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Singbush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bert Gardiner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.