Belt game 5,784 · May 31, 1997 · playoffs
Detroit Red Wings take the belt
Detroit Red Wings beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 on the road to start reign 2,218 of the NHL belt, the 188th for the franchise.
Philadelphia Flyers had held it since May 20, 1997, with 2 defenses over 11 days.
Detroit Red Wings held it for 137 days and 9 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on October 15, 1997.
2,218Reign number
188Team's reign
9Defenses
137Days held
Box score
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| John LeClair | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Klatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Kordic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| John Druce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kjell Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Coffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Hextall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 30 |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirk Maltby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Yzerman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren McCarty | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joey Kocur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kris Draper | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Fedorov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Larionov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Aaron Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Vernon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 28 |
| Chris Osgood | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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