Belt game 5,774 · May 2, 1997 · playoffs
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 2–0 at home to start reign 2,213 of the NHL belt, the 32nd for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since April 20, 1997, with 3 defenses over 12 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on May 4, 1997.
2,213Reign number
32Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John MacLean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Chambers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Zelepukin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reid Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Gilmour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Ellett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 21 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Flatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Gernander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Luc Robitaille | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 33 |
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