Belt game 6,611 · October 4, 2006
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 (SO) on the road to start reign 2,590 of the NHL belt, the 76th for the franchise.
Carolina Hurricanes had held it since June 19, 2006, with 0 defenses over 107 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 24 days and 9 defenses, then lost it to Winnipeg Jets on October 28, 2006.
2,590Reign number
76Team's reign
9Defenses
24Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Whitney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Justin Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Staal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — |
| Erik Cole | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Kevyn Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Ladd | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Trevor Letowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Belanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Craig Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chad LaRose | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bret Hedican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Niclas Wallin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Gleason | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Commodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| David Tanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cam Ward | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
| John Grahame | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jiri Novotny | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Brière | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrew Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 34 |
| Martin Biron | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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