Belt game 5,779 · May 16, 1997 · playoffs
Philadelphia Flyers take the belt
Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 3–1 at home to start reign 2,215 of the NHL belt, the 87th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since May 4, 1997, with 3 defenses over 12 days.
Philadelphia Flyers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on May 18, 1997.
2,215Reign number
87Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John LeClair | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Falloon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Klatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Druce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Coffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 25 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc Robitaille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Flatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Gernander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 21 |
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