Belt game 6,474 · February 2, 2004
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 at home to start reign 2,525 of the NHL belt, the 233rd for the franchise.
Vancouver Canucks had held it since January 31, 2004, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Minnesota Wild on February 4, 2004.
2,525Reign number
233Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Boris Mironov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Garth Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Jamie Lundmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Hlavac | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dale Purinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jamie Pushor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Lawrence Nycholat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 30 |
| Jussi Markkanen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Morrison | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Markus Naslund | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Brent Sopel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brad May | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Artem Chubarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Trevor Linden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Kesler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Sedin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Tyler Bouck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Henrik Sedin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jarkko Ruutu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Mattias Ohlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Marek Malik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Grenier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Johan Hedberg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dan Cloutier | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 31 |
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