Belt game 5,609 · December 15, 1995
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 5–4 at home to start reign 2,146 of the NHL belt, the 56th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 8, 1995, with 3 defenses over 7 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on December 22, 1995.
2,146Reign number
56Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Zhitnik | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Hannan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad May | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Burridge | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yuri Khmylev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dane Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Plante | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Peca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Garry Galley | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Muni | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dixon Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat LaFontaine | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Holzinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Jennings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Astley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Trefilov | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 32 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Verbeek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Matteau | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Presley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Kypreos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Ferraro | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Larouche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 28 |
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