Belt game 6,125 · December 5, 2000
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on the road to start reign 2,374 of the NHL belt, the 61st for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since November 29, 2000, with 2 defenses over 6 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Rangers on December 8, 2000.
2,374Reign number
61Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Linden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Oleg Petrov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| Stephane Robidas | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Benoit Brunet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| P.J. Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Sergei Zholtok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Bashkirov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Poulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Darby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Landry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Weinrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Christian Laflamme | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mathieu Garon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 22 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Hamel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
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