Belt game 6,249 · January 4, 2002
Minnesota Wild take the belt
Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 2–1 at home to start reign 2,425 of the NHL belt, the 2nd for the franchise.
Nashville Predators had held it since January 3, 2002, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Minnesota Wild held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on January 6, 2002.
2,425Reign number
2Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Gaborik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Brunette | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Park | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zholtok | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Aaron Gavey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lubomir Sekeras | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Pascal Dupuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Darby Hendrickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Antti Laaksonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Dowd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sylvain Blouin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Wes Walz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ladislav Benysek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Bombardir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Filip Kuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dwayne Roloson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Fernandez | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 20 |
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Hartnell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Greg Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cale Hulse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Cliff Ronning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| David Legwand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Tenkrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Erat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Denis Arkhipov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Orszagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Vitali Yachmenev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Karlis Skrastins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Marc Moro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andy Berenzweig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 25 |
| Tomas Vokoun | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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