Belt game 5,895 · October 10, 1998
Toronto Maple Leafs take the belt
Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1 at home to start reign 2,257 of the NHL belt, the 242nd for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since June 5, 1998, with 4 defenses over 127 days.
Toronto Maple Leafs held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Vancouver Canucks on October 17, 1998.
2,257Reign number
242Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alyn McCauley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Tie Domi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Berezin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Garry Valk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Kris King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mats Sundin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Darby Hendrickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Freddy Modin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Igor Korolev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Sylvain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Tomas Kaberle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitry Yushkevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Yannick Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Danny Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Felix Potvin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Curtis Joseph | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 38 | 39 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Larionov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Mathieu Dandenault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Kirk Maltby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Darren McCarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Joey Kocur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kris Draper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Fedorov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Uwe Krupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Aaron Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — |
| Anders Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Osgood | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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