Belt game 6,464 · January 12, 2004
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 at home to start reign 2,518 of the NHL belt, the 249th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since January 9, 2004, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Ottawa Senators on January 17, 2004.
2,518Reign number
249Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Joe Thornton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrice Bergeron | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Mcgillis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Boynton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Sandy McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ivan Huml | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ted Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Doug Doull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Jillson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Raycroft | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 22 |
| Felix Potvin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jochen Hecht | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Botterill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Janik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mika Noronen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 23 |
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