Belt game 5,799 · October 25, 1997
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 on the road to start reign 2,222 of the NHL belt, the 308th for the franchise.
Ottawa Senators had held it since October 19, 1997, with 2 defenses over 6 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Islanders on October 29, 1997.
2,222Reign number
308Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Yashin | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Laukkanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Randy Cunneyworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Andreas Dackell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Shawn McEachern | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zholtok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Bruce Gardiner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Philip Crowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Denny Lambert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | — | — |
| Igor Kravchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Damian Rhodes | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 21 |
| Ron Tugnutt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valeri Bure | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Vincent Damphousse | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| David Wilkie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dave Manson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Darcy Tucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Turner Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Brett Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Andy Moog | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 30 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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