Belt game 4,962 · March 27, 1989
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 at home to start reign 1,874 of the NHL belt, the 12th for the franchise.
Philadelphia Flyers had held it since March 25, 1989, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Islanders on March 29, 1989.
1,874Reign number
12Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Muller | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Kurvers | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Aaron Broten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Verbeek | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Anders Carlsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Cirella | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Wolanin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| David Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Perry Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack O'Callahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Korn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Velischek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Burke | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Billington | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 27 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelle Eklund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Bullard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Kerr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Sutter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Poulin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Craven | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Sulliman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Berube | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Derrick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Keith Acton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Propp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Chychrun | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 31 | 36 |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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