Belt game 6,338 · December 7, 2002
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT) at home to start reign 2,465 of the NHL belt, the 248th for the franchise.
Tampa Bay Lightning had held it since December 5, 2002, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on December 10, 2002.
2,465Reign number
248Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Berard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Boynton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Mcinnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jozef Stumpel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Zamuner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ivan Huml | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| P.J. Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jonathan Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Shields | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| John Grahame | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 22 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin St. Louis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Boyle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Richards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ben Clymer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Dingman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexander Svitov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmie Olvestad | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Freddy Modin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pavel Kubina | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Sarich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Lukowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nolan Pratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 34 |
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