Belt game 6,563 · March 4, 2006
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–2 on the road to start reign 2,569 of the NHL belt, the 69th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since March 2, 2006, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 14 days and 6 defenses, then lost it to Ottawa Senators on March 18, 2006.
2,569Reign number
69Team's reign
6Defenses
14Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Marco Sturm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrice Bergeron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Josh Langfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Boyes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Dan Lacouture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Leahy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrew Alberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Boynton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| David Tanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Milan Jurcina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrew Raycroft | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 25 |
| Tim Thomas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Brière | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 40 | 42 |
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