Belt game 6,559 · February 9, 2006
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT) on the road to start reign 2,566 of the NHL belt, the 316th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since January 24, 2006, with 5 defenses over 16 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Winnipeg Jets on February 11, 2006.
2,566Reign number
316Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jiri Novotny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 29 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ribeiro | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Begin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Francis Bouillon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mathieu Dandenault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Plekanec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jan Bulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Alexander Perezhogin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Aaron Downey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Michael Ryder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Komisarek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Cristobal Huet | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 28 |
| Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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