Belt game 5,640 · March 1, 1996
Tampa Bay Lightning take the belt
Tampa Bay Lightning beat San Jose Sharks 7–3 on the road to start reign 2,160 of the NHL belt, the 7th for the franchise.
San Jose Sharks had held it since February 26, 1996, with 0 defenses over 4 days.
Tampa Bay Lightning held it for 14 days and 5 defenses, then lost it to New Jersey Devils on March 15, 1996.
2,160Reign number
7Team's reign
5Defenses
14Days held
Box score
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Owen Nolan | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Tancill | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Odgers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jayson More | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Pederson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Janney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dody Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Peltonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Kyte | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yves Racine | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wade Flaherty | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 34 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bellows | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Wiemer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Tucker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Bradley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adrian Plavsic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Zamuner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Burr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| John Cullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Aaron Gavey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Selivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rudy Poeschek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Lipuma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Enrico Ciccone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Reese | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daren Puppa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 23 |
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