Belt game 5,903 · October 29, 1998
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat New York Islanders 2–1 on the road to start reign 2,262 of the NHL belt, the 35th for the franchise.
New York Islanders had held it since October 27, 1998, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 10 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Tampa Bay Lightning on November 8, 1998.
2,262Reign number
35Team's reign
3Defenses
10Days held
Box score
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Dawe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Watt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Claude Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Joe Sacco | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Reichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Trevor Linden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Ken Belanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Mark Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| Eric Brewer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Lachance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Barry Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Wade Flaherty | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Salo | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 21 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Holik | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Brendan Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Bombardir | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 23 |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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