Belt game 4,613 · November 29, 1985
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 5–2 on the road to start reign 1,724 of the NHL belt, the 198th for the franchise.
Washington Capitals had held it since November 12, 1985, with 6 defenses over 17 days.
New York Rangers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Pittsburgh Penguins on November 30, 1985.
1,724Reign number
198Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Haworth | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Adams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Veitch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Gartner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Gaetan Duchesne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Laughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Gould | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Christian | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Lou Franceschetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Langway | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Peeters | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 26 |
| Al Jensen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Brooke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Pavelich | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Erixon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Patrick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Osborne | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Raimo Helminen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Greschner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Willie Huber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ridley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Laidlaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Ledyard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Feltrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Scott | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 27 | 29 |
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