Belt game 6,525 · November 22, 2005
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (SO) on the road to start reign 2,554 of the NHL belt, the 235th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since November 17, 2005, with 1 defense over 5 days.
New York Rangers held it for 11 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Washington Capitals on December 3, 2005.
2,554Reign number
235Team's reign
3Defenses
11Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Mair | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mika Noronen | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaromir Jagr | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| Michael Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Marek Malik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Nieminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Dominic Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Blair Betts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Prucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Ryan Hollweg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Marcel Hossa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Kondratiev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Strudwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Weekes | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 37 | 39 |
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