Belt game 6,485 · February 26, 2004
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6–3 on the road to start reign 2,532 of the NHL belt, the 234th for the franchise.
New York Islanders had held it since February 21, 2004, with 1 defense over 5 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Nashville Predators on February 28, 2004.
2,532Reign number
234Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Hunter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Oleg Kvasha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Parrish | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Cliff Ronning | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Janne Niinimaa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sven Butenschon | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Manlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Arron Asham | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| Eric Godard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Snow | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 15 | 18 |
| Rick DiPietro | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 4 | 7 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaromir Jagr | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Simon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Dale Purinton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jamie Lundmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jan Hlavac | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Lacouture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fedor Tyutin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 28 |
| Jussi Markkanen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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