Belt game 6,491 · March 8, 2004
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat Washington Capitals 4–1 on the road to start reign 2,536 of the NHL belt, the 17th for the franchise.
Washington Capitals had held it since March 6, 2004, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Ottawa Senators held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Calgary Flames on March 11, 2004.
2,536Reign number
17Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Whitfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Stephen Peat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jeff Halpern | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Bates Battaglia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kip Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Brian Willsie | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Alexander Semin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Darcy Verot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Josef Boumedienne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Rick Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brendan Witt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Kwiatkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Rohloff | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sebastien Charpentier | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 21 |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Marian Hossa | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Havlat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Antoine Vermette | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Hnidy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Bondra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Josh Langfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Todd Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Prusek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 13 | 14 |
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