Belt game 5,765 · April 6, 1997
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat St. Louis Blues 2–0 on the road to start reign 2,210 of the NHL belt, the 31st for the franchise.
St. Louis Blues had held it since March 30, 1997, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Florida Panthers on April 9, 1997.
2,210Reign number
31Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
St. Louis Blues
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Peluso | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig MacTavish | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephen Leach | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Petrovicky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pavol Demitra | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Pellerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Al MacInnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Bergevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Kravchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ricard Persson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Yawney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Pronger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jon Casey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Fuhr | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 19 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Pederson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Zelepukin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Gilmour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Ellett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Chambers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 25 |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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