Belt game 6,128 · December 9, 2000
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 6–4 at home to start reign 2,376 of the NHL belt, the 245th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 8, 2000, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Boston Bruins held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on December 12, 2000.
2,376Reign number
245Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Guerin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Allison | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| Jonathan Girard | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Patrick Traverse | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| P.J. Axelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Thornton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Kovalenko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shawn Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mikko Eloranta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dixon Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Nazarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Don Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Zdenek Kutlak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jarno Kultanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrew Raycroft | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Skudra | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 22 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Sandy McCarthy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Theo Fleury | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Graves | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Valeri Kamensky | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Grosek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike York | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tim Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Hlavac | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Witehall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Kim Johnsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dale Purinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Kirk McLean | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Richter | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 34 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.