Belt game 6,513 · October 27, 2005
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat Montréal Canadiens 4–3 (OT) at home to start reign 2,549 of the NHL belt, the 18th for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since October 25, 2005, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Ottawa Senators held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on October 30, 2005.
2,549Reign number
18Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Heatley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Antoine Vermette | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Brandon Bochenski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Brian McGrattan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrej Meszaros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Anton Volchenkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ray Emery | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 30 |
| Dominik Hasek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ryder | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ribeiro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Richard Zednik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Francis Bouillon | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Chris Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Begin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Mathieu Dandenault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Tomas Plekanec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Bulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Alexander Perezhogin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Komisarek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Mark Streit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 38 | 42 |
| Yann Danis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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