Belt game 6,363 · January 25, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers take the belt
Atlanta Thrashers beat New York Rangers 4–1 on the road to start reign 2,479 of the NHL belt, the 2nd for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since January 23, 2003, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Atlanta Thrashers held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on January 30, 2003.
2,479Reign number
2Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy McCarthy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Bouchard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Lundmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rico Fata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gordie Dwyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mikael Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Tripp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cory Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Boris Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 27 |
| Dan Blackburn | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dany Heatley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Stefan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Frantisek Kaberle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Andy Sutton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Hrkac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Cowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Tapper | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Odgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Farkas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Snyder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Per Svartvadet | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Tamer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Yannick Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Weaver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pasi Nurminen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 24 |
| Milan Hnilicka | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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