Belt game 6,577 · April 3, 2006
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 (SO) on the road to start reign 2,573 of the NHL belt, the 70th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since March 28, 2006, with 1 defense over 6 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on April 7, 2006.
2,573Reign number
70Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Steen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mats Sundin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Stajan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| John Pohl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff O'Neill | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Wade Belak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Darcy Tucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Chad Kilger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Tie Domi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Clarke Wilm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kyle Wellwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ben Ondrus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Aki Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Tomas Kaberle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Bryan McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Ian White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 34 | 36 |
| Mikael Tellqvist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| J-P Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrew Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 33 |
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