Belt game 6,467 · January 19, 2004
New York Islanders take the belt
New York Islanders beat Ottawa Senators 5–2 at home to start reign 2,520 of the NHL belt, the 72nd for the franchise.
Ottawa Senators had held it since January 17, 2004, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New York Islanders held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on January 20, 2004.
2,520Reign number
72Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Hunter | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Jason Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Cliff Ronning | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Oleg Kvasha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Justin Mapletoft | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Mattias Weinhandl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Shawn Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Justin Papineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Michael Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Arron Asham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Radek Martinek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rick DiPietro | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Todd White | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | — | — |
| Martin Havlat | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Marian Hossa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Schastlivy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Josh Langfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Karel Rachunek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Prusek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 23 |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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