Belt game 5,700 · November 4, 1996
New York Islanders take the belt
New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on the road to start reign 2,188 of the NHL belt, the 62nd for the franchise.
Philadelphia Flyers had held it since November 2, 1996, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New York Islanders held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New Jersey Devils on November 9, 1996.
2,188Reign number
62Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John LeClair | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Klatt | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Druce | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 14 | 18 |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziggy Palffy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek King | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mick Vukota | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lapointe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Armstrong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan McCabe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Mcinnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Niklas Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andreas Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Houda | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Lachance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Fichaud | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Salo | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 25 |
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