Belt game 5,801 · October 29, 1997
New York Islanders take the belt
New York Islanders beat Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on the road to start reign 2,223 of the NHL belt, the 63rd for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since October 25, 1997, with 1 defense over 4 days.
New York Islanders held it for 10 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Blackhawks on November 8, 1997.
2,223Reign number
63Team's reign
4Defenses
10Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Vincent Damphousse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darcy Tucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Benoit Brunet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Bure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Turner Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dave Manson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Brett Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Andy Moog | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jocelyn Thibault | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 26 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Berard | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ziggy Palffy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Robert Reichel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Claude Lapointe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Tom Chorske | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Travis Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan McCabe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Lachance | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Paul Kruse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Belanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Warren Luhning | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Dennis Vaske | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Fichaud | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 23 |
| Tommy Salo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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