Belt game 4,922 · December 21, 1988
Pittsburgh Penguins take the belt
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 on the road to start reign 1,852 of the NHL belt, the 28th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since December 19, 1988, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Pittsburgh Penguins held it for 8 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on December 29, 1988.
1,852Reign number
28Team's reign
2Defenses
8Days held
Box score
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Damphousse | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Marois | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Leeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Osborne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Olczyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Laughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fergus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Secord | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Daoust | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Laxdal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gagne | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Lanz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Borje Salming | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Veitch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Curran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Iafrate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Allan Bester | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 15 | 21 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Errey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Coffey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Quinn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Cullen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zarley Zalapski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Cunneyworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Zemlak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hannan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Dykstra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Troy Loney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Frawley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Bourque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Dahlquist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Buskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Hillier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Pietrangelo | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 33 |
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