Belt game 5,921 · December 9, 1998
Colorado Avalanche take the belt
Colorado Avalanche beat New York Rangers 2–1 on the road to start reign 2,272 of the NHL belt, the 39th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 7, 1998, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Colorado Avalanche held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New Jersey Devils on December 12, 1998.
2,272Reign number
39Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Schneider | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Manny Malhotra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| John MacLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Fedyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Tamer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 29 |
| Dan Cloutier | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Colorado Avalanche
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valeri Kamensky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Joe Sakic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Forsberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Wade Belak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Warren Rychel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Adam Deadmarsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Rene Corbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Milan Hejduk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Odgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Aaron Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Cam Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Dan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Billington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 20 |
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