Belt game 5,770 · April 20, 1997 · playoffs
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Florida Panthers 3–0 on the road to start reign 2,212 of the NHL belt, the 223rd for the franchise.
Florida Panthers had held it since April 9, 1997, with 2 defenses over 11 days.
New York Rangers held it for 12 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to New Jersey Devils on May 2, 1997.
2,212Reign number
223Team's reign
3Defenses
12Days held
Box score
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Muller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Lowry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jody Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Garpenlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Svehla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Jovanovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 41 | 44 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Luc Robitaille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Flatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 31 |
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