Belt game 6,247 · January 1, 2002
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at home to start reign 2,423 of the NHL belt, the 49th for the franchise.
St. Louis Blues had held it since December 30, 2001, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Nashville Predators on January 3, 2002.
2,423Reign number
49Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Brylin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Commodore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| John Madden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Pierre Dagenais | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Scott Gomez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Colin White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jean-Francois Damphousse | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 28 |
St. Louis Blues
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Van Ryn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Pronger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Drake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Corso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sergei Varlamov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jamal Mayers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reed Low | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pavol Demitra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Stillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Al MacInnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryce Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Khavanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Finley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Brent Johnson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Brathwaite | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 24 |
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