Belt game 6,552 · January 22, 2006
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at home to start reign 2,564 of the NHL belt, the 237th for the franchise.
New Jersey Devils had held it since January 13, 2006, with 4 defenses over 9 days.
New York Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on January 24, 2006.
2,564Reign number
237Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Ward | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dominic Moore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Prucha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Michael Nylander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Nieminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Hollweg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Marek Malik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Strudwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fedor Tyutin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 32 |
| Kevin Weekes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gomez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrik Elias | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tommy Albelin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zach Parise | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Erik Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| John Madden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay Pandolfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Cam Janssen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Grant Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Hale | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Colin White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Paul Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Richard Matvichuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Brodeur | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
| Scott Clemmensen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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