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Belt game 5,629 · February 1, 1996

Philadelphia Flyers take the belt

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montréal Canadiens 3–2 (OT) at home to start reign 2,154 of the NHL belt, the 80th for the franchise.

Montréal Canadiens had held it since January 25, 1996, with 3 defenses over 7 days.

Philadelphia Flyers held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on February 8, 1996.

2,154Reign number
80Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Rod Brind'Amour0221230——
Eric Desjardins1121240——
John LeClair101-2060——
Dan Quinn1011030——
Shjon Podein0111500——
Eric Lindros011-2230——
Kjell Samuelsson0110000——
Shawn Antoski00001500——
Rob DiMaio0000010——
Craig MacTavish00001720——
Pat Falloon0000040——
Trent Klatt00001520——
Joel Otto0000450——
Anatoli Semenov0000030——
Kevin Haller0002200——
Chris Therien000-2010——
Petr Svoboda0000000——
Karl Dykhuis000-1020——
Ron Hextall————0——1214
Garth Snow—————————

Montréal Canadiens

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Martin Rucinsky1122010——
Mark Recchi011-1000——
Vincent Damphousse1012250——
Lyle Odelein0112210——
Saku Koivu0000000——
Valeri Bure0000200——
Marc Bureau00001000——
Turner Stevenson0000010——
Donald Brashear00001000——
Brian Savage000-1220——
Andrei Kovalenko0000000——
Chris Murray00002000——
Pierre Turgeon000-2010——
Stephane Quintal0000210——
Peter Popovic0000000——
Vladimir Malakhov0001710——
Patrice Brisebois000-1000——
Rory Fitzpatrick000-1210——
Pat Jablonski————0——3639
Jocelyn Thibault—————————

Box scores: the NHL's own game center.

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