Belt game 6,483 · February 21, 2004
New York Islanders take the belt
New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at home to start reign 2,531 of the NHL belt, the 73rd for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since February 14, 2004, with 3 defenses over 7 days.
New York Islanders held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Rangers on February 26, 2004.
2,531Reign number
73Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Bates | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Adrian Aucoin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Trent Hunter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Michael Peca | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Arron Asham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| Jason Blake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cliff Ronning | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Mattias Weinhandl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Oleg Kvasha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Manlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Justin Papineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Sven Butenschon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rick DiPietro | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 25 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andy Delmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mika Noronen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 25 |
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