Belt game 5,348 · February 14, 1993
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 at home to start reign 2,037 of the NHL belt, the 50th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Penguins had held it since February 13, 1993, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 12 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on February 26, 1993.
2,037Reign number
50Team's reign
3Defenses
12Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat LaFontaine | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Bodger | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Presley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Sweeney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Mogilny | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Ledyard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Yuri Khmylev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Wood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Sutton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Ciavaglia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hannan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad May | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Audette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Corkum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Keith Carney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Fuhr | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 42 | 46 |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mullen | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Stevens | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn McEachern | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Jennings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Errey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Tocchet | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Troy Loney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Stapleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Needham | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Paek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Stanton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 36 |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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