Belt game 6,453 · December 20, 2003
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat New York Rangers 3–1 at home to start reign 2,516 of the NHL belt, the 15th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 18, 2003, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Ottawa Senators held it for 20 days and 9 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on January 9, 2004.
2,516Reign number
15Team's reign
9Defenses
20Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Havlat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Marian Hossa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Karel Rachunek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Petr Schastlivy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Antoine Vermette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Todd White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shane Hnidy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Martin Prusek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 25 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
| Chris Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Anson Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Jan Hlavac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dan Lacouture | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Boris Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 23 |
| Jussi Markkanen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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