Belt game 6,751 · December 26, 2007
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on the road to start reign 2,653 of the NHL belt, the 23rd for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since December 14, 2007, with 4 defenses over 12 days.
Ottawa Senators held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Washington Capitals on December 29, 2007.
2,653Reign number
23Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Paille | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Brian Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Drew Stafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrew Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nathan Paetsch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 23 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Heatley | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wade Redden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Antoine Vermette | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Kelly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrej Meszaros | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Randy Robitaille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean McAmmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cody Bass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Nick Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lawrence Nycholat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Christoph Schubert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Ray Emery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Gerber | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 32 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.