Belt game 5,922 · December 12, 1998
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3 at home to start reign 2,273 of the NHL belt, the 36th for the franchise.
Colorado Avalanche had held it since December 9, 1998, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Calgary Flames on December 18, 1998.
2,273Reign number
36Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Holik | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | — | — |
| Denis Pederson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Lyle Odelein | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vadim Sharifijanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brendan Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| Brad Bombardir | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 16 | 19 |
| Chris Terreri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Colorado Avalanche
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Corbet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Warren Rychel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Christian Matte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Jeff Odgers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Wade Belak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Valeri Kamensky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Adam Deadmarsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Forsberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Milan Hejduk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Aaron Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| Cam Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Billington | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 31 |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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