Belt game 5,691 · October 15, 1996
Colorado Avalanche take the belt
Colorado Avalanche beat Edmonton Oilers 7–2 at home to start reign 2,185 of the NHL belt, the 33rd for the franchise.
Edmonton Oilers had held it since October 14, 1996, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Colorado Avalanche held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Florida Panthers on October 17, 1996.
2,185Reign number
33Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Colorado Avalanche
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sakic | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Lacroix | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Kamensky | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Forsberg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ricci | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Yves Sarault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rene Corbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Severyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Uwe Krupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Gusarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jon Klemm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Billington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 33 | 35 |
Edmonton Oilers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean McAmmond | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Kovalenko | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Arnott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jesse Belanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Buchberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Rem Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Marchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Louie Debrusk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Weight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Smyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Mcgillis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Marchment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Dufresne | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Essensa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 6 | 8 |
| Curtis Joseph | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 15 | 20 |
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