Belt game 6,505 · October 5, 2005
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 at home to start reign 2,543 of the NHL belt, the 40th for the franchise.
Columbus Blue Jackets had held it since April 3, 2004, with 0 defenses over 550 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Winnipeg Jets on October 7, 2005.
2,543Reign number
40Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Halpern | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Ovechkin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Mathieu Biron | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Eminger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Boyd Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Sutherby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Willsie | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Cassels | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ben Clymer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jamie Heward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Brendan Witt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Muir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxime Ouellet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 35 | 37 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Fritsche | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilbert Brule | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tyler Wright | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Geoff Sanderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| David Vyborny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Trevor Letowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Nikolay Zherdev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Todd Marchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Manny Malhotra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Jan Hrdina | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Balastik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Rick Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Duvie Westcott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Radoslav Suchy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Francois Beauchemin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Denis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pascal Leclaire | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 16 | 19 |
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