Belt game 5,650 · March 23, 1996
Tampa Bay Lightning take the belt
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 4–2 at home to start reign 2,163 of the NHL belt, the 8th for the franchise.
Florida Panthers had held it since March 17, 1996, with 2 defenses over 6 days.
Tampa Bay Lightning held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New Jersey Devils on March 26, 1996.
2,163Reign number
8Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Selivanov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Klima | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| John Cullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Bradley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Poulin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Ulanov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rudy Poeschek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Zamuner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Burr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ysebaert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Aaron Gavey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Wiemer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Reese | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daren Puppa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 22 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Lowry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Sheppard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Garpenlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Svehla | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Jovanovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 33 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.
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