Belt game 6,248 · January 3, 2002
Nashville Predators take the belt
Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 on the road to start reign 2,424 of the NHL belt, the 4th for the franchise.
New Jersey Devils had held it since January 1, 2002, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Nashville Predators held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Minnesota Wild on January 4, 2002.
2,424Reign number
4Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gomez | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Gionta | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Madden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Pierre Dagenais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Commodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Colin White | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean-Francois Damphousse | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 27 |
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Erat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Denis Arkhipov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Petr Tenkrat | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Hartnell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Orszagh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Vitali Yachmenev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Karlis Skrastins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Andy Berenzweig | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cliff Ronning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Classen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| David Legwand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cale Hulse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Vokoun | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 35 |
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