Belt game 5,832 · January 2, 1998
San Jose Sharks take the belt
San Jose Sharks beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1 on the road to start reign 2,229 of the NHL belt, the 8th for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since December 19, 1997, with 6 defenses over 14 days.
San Jose Sharks held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on January 3, 1998.
2,229Reign number
8Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu Dandenault | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Igor Larionov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirk Maltby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | — | — |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Darren McCarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| Joey Kocur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Jamie Pushor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Anders Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Osgood | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 34 |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John MacLean | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Ricci | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Owen Nolan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | — | — |
| Patrick Marleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bernie Nicholls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Ron Sutter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Marco Sturm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Tony Granato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Murray Craven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Dave Lowry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Todd Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty McSorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Rathje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Vernon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 35 | 36 |
| Kelly Hrudey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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