Belt game 5,074 · April 11, 1990 · playoffs
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at home to start reign 1,922 of the NHL belt, the 22nd for the franchise.
New Jersey Devils had held it since April 7, 1990, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 8 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on April 19, 1990.
1,922Reign number
22Team's reign
2Defenses
8Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Druce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hunter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Hatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Calle Johansson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Bergland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Geoff Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alan May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ridley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Pivonka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephen Leach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Joyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Langway | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Sheehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Liut | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Don Beaupre | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 24 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Muller | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Sundstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| David Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Brooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Vilgrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jon Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Stastny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Weinrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Kasatonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Huscroft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Velischek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Burke | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 30 | 33 |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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