Belt game 5,886 · May 26, 1998 · playoffs
Dallas Stars take the belt
Dallas Stars beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1 at home to start reign 2,253 of the NHL belt, the 53rd for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since May 24, 1998, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Dallas Stars held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on May 29, 1998.
2,253Reign number
53Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Modano | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Guy Carbonneau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Greg Adams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Bassen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Marshall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Juha Lind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Pat Verbeek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Benoit Hogue | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Derian Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Craig Ludwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Darryl Sydor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Richard Matvichuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | — |
| Shawn Chambers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zubov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Turek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ed Belfour | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 28 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Fedorov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Igor Larionov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirk Maltby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren McCarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Joey Kocur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kris Draper | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Brent Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Macoun | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Anders Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Osgood | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 20 | 22 |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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