Belt game 6,463 · January 9, 2004
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 at home to start reign 2,517 of the NHL belt, the 65th for the franchise.
Ottawa Senators had held it since December 20, 2003, with 9 defenses over 20 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on January 12, 2004.
2,517Reign number
65Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Brière | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Janik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 25 |
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Havlat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Marian Hossa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Todd White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Schastlivy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Josh Langfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Karel Rachunek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Prusek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 32 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.