Belt game 5,920 · December 7, 1998
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 at home to start reign 2,271 of the NHL belt, the 227th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since November 28, 1998, with 2 defenses over 9 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Colorado Avalanche on December 9, 1998.
2,271Reign number
227Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Sundstrom | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Todd Harvey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Manny Malhotra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Fedyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 26 |
| Dan Cloutier | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mats Sundin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Freddy Modin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Sergei Berezin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitry Yushkevich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Derek King | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Garry Valk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Kris King | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Darby Hendrickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Alyn McCauley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Igor Korolev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Tie Domi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Sylvain Cote | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Kaberle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Yannick Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Danny Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Glenn Healy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Curtis Joseph | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 29 |
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