Belt game 5,228 · December 29, 1991
Hartford Whalers take the belt
Hartford Whalers beat New York Islanders 6–4 at home to start reign 1,989 of the NHL belt, the 19th for the franchise.
New York Islanders had held it since December 28, 1991, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Hartford Whalers held it for 11 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to New York Islanders on January 9, 1992.
1,989Reign number
19Team's reign
2Defenses
11Days held
Box score
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Zarley Zalapski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Cullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Craven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Geoff Sanderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Verbeek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Cassels | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Hunter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Andersson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Burt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Houda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Ladouceur | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Shaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Cyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Shank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Yake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Bergevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 15 | 19 |
| Kay Whitmore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit Hogue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Ferraro | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Norton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek King | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Reekie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Mcllwain | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Creighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mick Vukota | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob DiMaio | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Volek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Finley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Kurvers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Vaske | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Weeks | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 32 |
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