Belt game 5,195 · October 12, 1991
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home to start reign 1,974 of the NHL belt, the 17th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Penguins had held it since May 21, 1991, with 5 defenses over 144 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on October 13, 1991.
1,974Reign number
17Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Stastny | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Laurie Boschman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Vilgrain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jon Morris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| David Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Chorske | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Todd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Conacher | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Weinrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Kasatonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Billington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 16 | 17 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Lemieux | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Coffey | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Errey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Priestlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Trottier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Troy Loney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Bourque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jiri Hrdina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Paek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Jennings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Stanton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gordie Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 31 |
| Frank Pietrangelo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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