Belt game 6,362 · January 23, 2003
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Nashville Predators 4–2 on the road to start reign 2,478 of the NHL belt, the 231st for the franchise.
Nashville Predators had held it since January 21, 2003, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Winnipeg Jets on January 25, 2003.
2,478Reign number
231Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rem Murray | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Hartnell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Karlis Skrastins | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason York | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Clarke Wilm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| David Legwand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Reid Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andreas Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis Arkhipov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Orszagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vitali Yachmenev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andy Delmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Houlder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Cale Hulse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Vokoun | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 23 |
| Jan Lasak | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sandy McCarthy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Lundmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Tripp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rico Fata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gordie Dwyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Boris Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 30 |
| Dan Blackburn | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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