Belt game 5,909 · November 11, 1998
Florida Panthers take the belt
Florida Panthers beat New York Rangers 4–1 at home to start reign 2,265 of the NHL belt, the 14th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since November 10, 1998, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Florida Panthers held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Pittsburgh Penguins on November 14, 1998.
2,265Reign number
14Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Jovanovski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Bill Lindsay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ray Whitney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Gagner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Oleg Kvasha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| David Nemirovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Worrell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Johan Garpenlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Svehla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Kirk Muller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Kirk McLean | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sean Burke | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 26 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Graves | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Manny Malhotra | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jan Mertzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 35 |
| Dan Cloutier | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.