Belt game 5,677 · May 26, 1996 · playoffs
Pittsburgh Penguins take the belt
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 2–1 on the road to start reign 2,177 of the NHL belt, the 51st for the franchise.
Florida Panthers had held it since May 24, 1996, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Pittsburgh Penguins held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Florida Panthers on May 30, 1996.
2,177Reign number
51Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Lowry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Garpenlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Svehla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Jovanovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 24 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Lauer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Lemieux | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Tamer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zubov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alek Stojanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Dziedzic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Mcllwain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stefan Bergqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Francois Leroux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Daigneault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 32 | 33 |
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