Belt game 6,529 · December 3, 2005
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–1 at home to start reign 2,555 of the NHL belt, the 42nd for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since November 22, 2005, with 3 defenses over 11 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 4 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Nashville Predators on December 7, 2005.
2,555Reign number
42Team's reign
0Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dainius Zubrus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Halpern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jamie Heward | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brendan Witt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Eminger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Muir | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Sutherby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Willsie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Cassels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ben Clymer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Graham Mink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ivan Majesky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brent Johnson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 37 | 38 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Prucha | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Nieminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Dominic Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Blair Betts | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Colton Orr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Marcel Hossa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Michael Nylander | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Marek Malik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Maxim Kondratiev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Strudwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fedor Tyutin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 16 | 21 |
| Chris Holt | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
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