Belt game 5,780 · May 18, 1997 · playoffs
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 on the road to start reign 2,216 of the NHL belt, the 225th for the franchise.
Philadelphia Flyers had held it since May 16, 1997, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on May 20, 1997.
2,216Reign number
225Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Brind'Amour | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Otto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Coffey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Klatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Druce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 12 | 12 |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 5 | 10 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Luc Robitaille | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Gernander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Ferraro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Eakins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 29 |
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