Belt game 6,129 · December 12, 2000
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–0 on the road to start reign 2,377 of the NHL belt, the 62nd for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since December 9, 2000, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Carolina Hurricanes on December 15, 2000.
2,377Reign number
62Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Axelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Joe Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikko Eloranta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Dixon Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Kovalenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Nazarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Darren Van Impe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Don Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Jonathan Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Traverse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jarno Kultanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Raycroft | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| Peter Skudra | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 23 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-P Dumont | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 22 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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