Belt game 6,420 · June 5, 2003 · playoffs
New Jersey Devils take the belt
New Jersey Devils beat Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 6–3 at home to start reign 2,506 of the NHL belt, the 52nd for the franchise.
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim had held it since May 31, 2003, with 1 defense over 5 days.
New Jersey Devils held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Anaheim Ducks on June 7, 2003.
2,506Reign number
52Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Gionta | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Mike Rupp | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pascal Rheaume | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Gomez | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Turner Stevenson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| John Madden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Grant Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Colin White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Tommy Albelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Oleg Tverdovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 23 |
| Corey Schwab | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Sykora | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Kariya | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Rucchin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Samuel Pahlsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Oates | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Keith Carney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Krog | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Chouinard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Leclerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Dan Bylsma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stanislav Chistov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Vitaly Vishnevski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ruslan Salei | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Niclas Havelid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Kurt Sauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Gerber | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 37 |
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