Belt game 5,916 · November 26, 1998
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat New York Islanders 4–1 at home to start reign 2,269 of the NHL belt, the 3rd for the franchise.
New York Islanders had held it since November 25, 1998, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Ottawa Senators held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on November 28, 1998.
2,269Reign number
3Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn McEachern | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Yashin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Andreas Dackell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lance Pitlick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason York | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Steve Martins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Magnus Arvedson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andreas Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Bruce Gardiner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Patrick Traverse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Damian Rhodes | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 28 |
| Ron Tugnutt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Brewer | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Scott Lachance | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Dawe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Claude Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Joe Sacco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Robert Reichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Gino Odjick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Trevor Linden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| David Harlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Wade Flaherty | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 32 |
| Tommy Salo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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