Belt game 5,927 · December 26, 1998
San Jose Sharks take the belt
San Jose Sharks beat Vancouver Canucks 2–0 at home to start reign 2,276 of the NHL belt, the 10th for the franchise.
Vancouver Canucks had held it since December 22, 1998, with 1 defense over 4 days.
San Jose Sharks held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Los Angeles Kings on December 30, 1998.
2,276Reign number
10Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Nolan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | — | — |
| Patrick Marleau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Ricci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Marco Sturm | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Marchment | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Ron Sutter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexander Korolyuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Joe Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ronnie Stern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dave Lowry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brantt Myhres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Rathje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Vernon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steve Shields | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 25 |
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Brad May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Bill Muckalt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Markus Naslund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Peter Zezel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Trent Klatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Harry York | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Chris McAllister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mattias Ohlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bret Hedican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Murray Baron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Steve Staios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Jason Strudwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
| Corey Hirsch | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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