Belt game 6,234 · December 7, 2001
Colorado Avalanche take the belt
Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on the road to start reign 2,418 of the NHL belt, the 52nd for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since December 1, 2001, with 1 defense over 6 days.
Colorado Avalanche held it for 7 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to San Jose Sharks on December 14, 2001.
2,418Reign number
52Team's reign
3Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-P Dumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Essensa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 22 | 26 |
Colorado Avalanche
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sakic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Blake | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Radim Vrbata | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Hinote | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Milan Hejduk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Reinprecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Messier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Pascal Trepanier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Nieminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Tanguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Rick Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Skoula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| David Aebischer | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 27 |
| Patrick Roy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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