Belt game 6,232 · December 1, 2001
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 4–2 on the road to start reign 2,417 of the NHL belt, the 63rd for the franchise.
New York Islanders had held it since November 19, 2001, with 5 defenses over 12 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Colorado Avalanche on December 7, 2001.
2,417Reign number
63Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held
Box score
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Lindgren | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lapointe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Webb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Juraj Kolnik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Oleg Kvasha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Isbister | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexei Yashin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Radek Martinek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dick Tarnstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| Chris Osgood | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 21 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-P Dumont | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Bob Essensa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 25 |
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