Belt game 6,745 · December 12, 2007
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–4 (OT) at home to start reign 2,651 of the NHL belt, the 47th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 9, 2007, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on December 14, 2007.
2,651Reign number
47Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Green | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Joe Motzko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Schultz | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Nicklas Backstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Semin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| David Steckel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Tomas Fleischmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Quintin Laing | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Erskine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brent Johnson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 23 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Shanahan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Gomez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Mara | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Blair Betts | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Callahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Petr Prucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Colton Orr | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Hollweg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Marcel Hossa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Dan Girardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Marc Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Strudwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Fedor Tyutin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 35 |
| Steve Valiquette | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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