Belt game 6,570 · March 18, 2006
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home to start reign 2,570 of the NHL belt, the 19th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since March 4, 2006, with 6 defenses over 14 days.
Ottawa Senators held it for 7 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on March 25, 2006.
2,570Reign number
19Team's reign
3Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Smolinski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dany Heatley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Tyler Arnason | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Antoine Vermette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Eaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Christoph Schubert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrej Meszaros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Anton Volchenkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Ray Emery | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 22 |
| Mike Morrison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Afinogenov | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrew Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 45 | 48 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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