Belt game 6,349 · December 30, 2002
Phoenix Coyotes take the belt
Phoenix Coyotes beat Edmonton Oilers 4–3 (OT) at home to start reign 2,470 of the NHL belt, the 22nd for the franchise.
Edmonton Oilers had held it since December 28, 2002, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Phoenix Coyotes held it for 5 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Columbus Blue Jackets on January 4, 2003.
2,470Reign number
22Team's reign
2Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Phoenix Coyotes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daymond Langkow | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Ladislav Nagy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| Shane Doan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ossi Vaananen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Deron Quint | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Mara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Amonte | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Buchberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ranheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Darcy Hordichuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Branko Radivojevic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Ramzi Abid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Radoslav Suchy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Focht | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Burke | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 34 |
| Brian Boucher | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Edmonton Oilers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Comrie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Anson Carter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Smyth | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike York | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ethan Moreau | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Cleary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Horcoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Reasoner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Marchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Georges Laraque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Chimera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Swanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Brewer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexei Semenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Ales Pisa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Staios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jussi Markkanen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Salo | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 35 | 39 |
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