Belt game 6,472 · January 29, 2004
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 on the road to start reign 2,523 of the NHL belt, the 38th for the franchise.
Carolina Hurricanes had held it since January 27, 2004, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Vancouver Canucks on January 31, 2004.
2,523Reign number
38Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Justin Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Josef Vasicek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bret Hedican | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Niclas Wallin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kevyn Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Radim Vrbata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Pavel Brendl | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Craig Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Jesse Boulerice | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jeff O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Boughner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruno St. Jacques | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Storr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Weekes | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 14 | 18 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bondra | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Lang | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Anson Carter | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Josef Boumedienne | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bates Battaglia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Trent Whitfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Witt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Halpern | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Semin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephen Peat | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darcy Verot | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Doig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Rick Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Kwiatkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Rohloff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Rastislav Stana | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 35 |
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