Belt game 5,796 · October 19, 1997
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat Dallas Stars 3–1 at home to start reign 2,221 of the NHL belt, the 2nd for the franchise.
Dallas Stars had held it since October 18, 1997, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Ottawa Senators held it for 6 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on October 25, 1997.
2,221Reign number
2Team's reign
2Defenses
6Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Lambert | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Cunneyworth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Bruce Gardiner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andreas Dackell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Shawn McEachern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Zholtok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Yashin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Lance Pitlick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Janne Laukkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Kravchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Damian Rhodes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ron Tugnutt | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 19 |
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Joe Nieuwendyk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Zubov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Modano | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Todd Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Juha Lind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dave Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Verbeek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Greg Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Bassen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Benoit Hogue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Derian Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Craig Muni | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Richard Matvichuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Shawn Chambers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Turek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 28 |
| Ed Belfour | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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