Belt game 6,553 · January 24, 2006
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 2–1 on the road to start reign 2,565 of the NHL belt, the 68th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since January 22, 2006, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 16 days and 5 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on February 9, 2006.
2,565Reign number
68Team's reign
5Defenses
16Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Rucinsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Fedor Tyutin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ville Nieminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Jason Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dominic Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Prucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Ryan Hollweg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Nylander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | — | — |
| Marek Malik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Strudwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 26 |
| Kevin Weekes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ales Kotalik | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Paille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 24 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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