Belt game 6,337 · December 5, 2002
Tampa Bay Lightning take the belt
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at home to start reign 2,464 of the NHL belt, the 16th for the franchise.
Edmonton Oilers had held it since November 19, 2002, with 6 defenses over 16 days.
Tampa Bay Lightning held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on December 7, 2002.
2,464Reign number
16Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Lecavalier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ben Clymer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jimmie Olvestad | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Richards | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Freddy Modin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Pavel Kubina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Svitov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sheldon Keefe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Sarich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Boyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Lukowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nolan Pratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
Edmonton Oilers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Comrie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Anson Carter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Smyth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Brewer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Cleary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Horcoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Josh Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ethan Moreau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Reasoner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Marchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jiri Dopita | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ales Hemsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ales Pisa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Staios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jussi Markkanen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Salo | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 21 |
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