Belt game 6,451 · December 16, 2003
New York Islanders take the belt
New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 at home to start reign 2,514 of the NHL belt, the 71st for the franchise.
New Jersey Devils had held it since December 6, 2003, with 3 defenses over 10 days.
New York Islanders held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on December 18, 2003.
2,514Reign number
71Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Hunter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Oleg Kvasha | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Michael Peca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Alexei Yashin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Blake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Justin Mapletoft | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Shawn Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| Mark Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Arron Asham | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Eric Godard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Radek Martinek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 33 |
| Rick DiPietro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rupp | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Grant Marshall | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| John Madden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Sergei Brylin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Gomez | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Colin White | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Igor Larionov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jiri Bicek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Paul Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Hale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 28 |
| Corey Schwab | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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