Belt game 6,341 · December 12, 2002
Tampa Bay Lightning take the belt
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on the road to start reign 2,467 of the NHL belt, the 17th for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since December 10, 2002, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Tampa Bay Lightning held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on December 19, 2002.
2,467Reign number
17Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saku Koivu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Zednik | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chad Kilger | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Oleg Petrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Mckay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andreas Dackell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Bulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Juneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Gilmour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Yanic Perreault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Traverse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Hackett | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 34 |
| Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Richards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Boyle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Lukowich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ben Clymer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Dingman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Svitov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sheldon Keefe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Freddy Modin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andre Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Neckar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Sarich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Rumble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nolan Pratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevin Hodson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 20 |
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