Belt game 5,825 · December 19, 1997
Detroit Red Wings take the belt
Detroit Red Wings beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 at home to start reign 2,228 of the NHL belt, the 189th for the franchise.
New Jersey Devils had held it since December 4, 1997, with 6 defenses over 15 days.
Detroit Red Wings held it for 14 days and 6 defenses, then lost it to San Jose Sharks on January 2, 1998.
2,228Reign number
189Team's reign
6Defenses
14Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Brown | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Dandenault | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Yan Golubovsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Larionov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Kirk Maltby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Darren McCarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Joey Kocur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Pushor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Anders Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Osgood | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 31 |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Doug Gilmour | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Denis Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Valeri Zelepukin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Bodger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 32 |
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