Belt game 6,562 · March 2, 2006
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 at home to start reign 2,568 of the NHL belt, the 250th for the franchise.
Atlanta Thrashers had held it since February 11, 2006, with 1 defense over 19 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on March 4, 2006.
2,568Reign number
250Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Marco Sturm | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Primeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Boyes | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Lacouture | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Brad Stuart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Milan Jurcina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Josh Langfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrice Bergeron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Leahy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Alberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Boynton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Tanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrew Raycroft | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 22 |
| Tim Thomas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Atlanta Thrashers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Kovalchuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Bondra | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Marian Hossa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jim Slater | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Modry | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Aubin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rico Fata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ronald Petrovicky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Larsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Garnet Exelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andy Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Niclas Havelid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shane Hnidy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Dunham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kari Lehtonen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 31 |
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