Belt game 5,781 · May 20, 1997 · playoffs
Philadelphia Flyers take the belt
Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 6–3 on the road to start reign 2,217 of the NHL belt, the 88th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since May 18, 1997, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Philadelphia Flyers held it for 11 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on May 31, 1997.
2,217Reign number
88Team's reign
2Defenses
11Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Courtnall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Luc Robitaille | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Gernander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Christian Dube | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Eakins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 24 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Lindros | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Klatt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Otto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Coffey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Michel Petit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 28 |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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