Belt game 6,250 · January 6, 2002
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 on the road to start reign 2,426 of the NHL belt, the 64th for the franchise.
Minnesota Wild had held it since January 4, 2002, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Pittsburgh Penguins on January 10, 2002.
2,426Reign number
64Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antti Laaksonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Wes Walz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Marian Gaborik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pascal Dupuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Darby Hendrickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Brunette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Richard Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zholtok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Dowd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Sylvain Blouin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Aaron Gavey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ladislav Benysek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Bombardir | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Filip Kuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Lubomir Sekeras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dwayne Roloson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 12 | 16 |
| Manny Fernandez | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Essensa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 18 |
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