Belt game 4,991 · October 11, 1989
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Calgary Flames 5–4 at home to start reign 1,888 of the NHL belt, the 209th for the franchise.
Calgary Flames had held it since May 21, 1989, with 5 defenses over 143 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Washington Capitals on October 13, 1989.
1,888Reign number
209Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Dahlen | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Turcotte | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Kisio | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Carey Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Granato | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Mullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Ogrodnick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Janssens | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Erixon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Troy Mallette | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Nilan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Greschner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Moller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Froese | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 35 |
Calgary Flames
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nieuwendyk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ric Nattress | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Theo Fleury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Gilmour | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Makarov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Macoun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Mullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Colin Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian MacLellan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ranheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Al MacInnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad McCrimmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dana Murzyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Suter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Vernon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rick Wamsley | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 23 |
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