Belt game 5,699 · November 2, 1996
Philadelphia Flyers take the belt
Philadelphia Flyers beat Florida Panthers 3–2 on the road to start reign 2,187 of the NHL belt, the 85th for the franchise.
Florida Panthers had held it since October 17, 1996, with 6 defenses over 16 days.
Philadelphia Flyers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Islanders on November 4, 1996.
2,187Reign number
85Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sheppard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Jovanovski | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Lowry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Garpenlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Per Gustafsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Svehla | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 41 | 44 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Klatt | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Otto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Druce | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 28 |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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