Belt game 6,252 · January 10, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins take the belt
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0 on the road to start reign 2,427 of the NHL belt, the 57th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since January 6, 2002, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Pittsburgh Penguins held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to St. Louis Blues on January 12, 2002.
2,427Reign number
57Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| James Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Essensa | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 16 | 18 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Robitaille | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Richer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Kris Beech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Toby Petersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dan Lacouture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Jan Hrdina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Josef Melichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Laukkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Hans Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| John Jakopin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ian Moran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Johan Hedberg | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 36 | 36 |
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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