Belt game 5,639 · February 26, 1996
San Jose Sharks take the belt
San Jose Sharks beat Montréal Canadiens 7–4 at home to start reign 2,159 of the NHL belt, the 6th for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since February 24, 1996, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
San Jose Sharks held it for 4 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Tampa Bay Lightning on March 1, 1996.
2,159Reign number
6Team's reign
0Defenses
4Days held
Box score
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dody Wood | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Owen Nolan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Janney | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Peltonen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Nazarov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Odgers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Yegorov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Yves Racine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Kyte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jayson More | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 31 | 35 |
| Wade Flaherty | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Vincent Damphousse | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Turgeon | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Bure | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Bureau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Turner Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Kovalenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Jablonski | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jocelyn Thibault | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 27 |
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