Belt game 5,637 · February 23, 1996
Pittsburgh Penguins take the belt
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Hartford Whalers 5–4 at home to start reign 2,157 of the NHL belt, the 48th for the franchise.
Hartford Whalers had held it since February 17, 1996, with 1 defense over 6 days.
Pittsburgh Penguins held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on February 24, 1996.
2,157Reign number
48Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zubov | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Markus Naslund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Tamer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Dziedzic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Roche | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Francois Leroux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 36 | 40 |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Shanahan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Nelson Emerson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Nikolishin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Kron | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Cassels | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sami Kapanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Martins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Geoff Sanderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steven Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Smyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Janssens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ranheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerald Diduck | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Burt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad McCrimmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Featherstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Burke | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 35 |
| Jason Muzzatti | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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