Belt game 6,130 · December 15, 2000
Carolina Hurricanes take the belt
Carolina Hurricanes beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at home to start reign 2,378 of the NHL belt, the 30th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since December 12, 2000, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Carolina Hurricanes held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on December 16, 2000.
2,378Reign number
30Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff O'Neill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Sami Kapanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Bates Battaglia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Gelinas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Josef Vasicek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Tommy Vestlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob DiMaio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Willis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Steven Halko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dave Karpa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Tanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Arturs Irbe | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 28 |
| Tyler Moss | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 21 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 3 | 4 |
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