Belt game 6,127 · December 8, 2000
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at home to start reign 2,375 of the NHL belt, the 229th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since December 5, 2000, with 1 defense over 3 days.
New York Rangers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on December 9, 2000.
2,375Reign number
229Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Theo Fleury | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Grosek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Mike York | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Hlavac | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Dale Purinton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Manny Malhotra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Sandy McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Witehall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kim Johnsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Brad Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Kirk McLean | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 25 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-P Dumont | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 27 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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