Belt game 5,651 · March 26, 1996
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–4 on the road to start reign 2,164 of the NHL belt, the 28th for the franchise.
Tampa Bay Lightning had held it since March 23, 1996, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Pittsburgh Penguins on March 30, 1996.
2,164Reign number
28Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Zamuner | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Bradley | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Burr | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Cullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Wiemer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| David Shaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ysebaert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Aaron Gavey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Poulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Selivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Klima | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Ulanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rudy Poeschek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Reese | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daren Puppa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 34 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephane Richer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Reid Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Housley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 34 | 38 |
| Corey Schwab | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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