Belt game 4,430 · December 31, 1983
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on the road to start reign 1,662 of the NHL belt, the 196th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since December 27, 1983, with 1 defense over 4 days.
New York Rangers held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on January 7, 1984.
1,662Reign number
196Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Housley | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Real Cloutier | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilbert Perreault | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Hannu Virta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Ramsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Mckenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Creighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ric Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Cyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lindy Ruff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hajt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Playfair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jerry Korab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Sauve | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 22 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ftorek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scot Kleinendorst | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Maloney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Osborne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Sundstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob McClanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Larouche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Anders Hedberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Blaisdell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Erixon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Laidlaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Greschner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Willie Huber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Hanlon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 29 |
| Steve Weeks | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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