Belt game 6,755 · January 3, 2008
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 2–0 at home to start reign 2,655 of the NHL belt, the 255th for the franchise.
Washington Capitals had held it since December 29, 2007, with 1 defense over 5 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Carolina Hurricanes on January 8, 2008.
2,655Reign number
255Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Metropolit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Marco Sturm | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| P.J. Axelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chuck Kobasew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Milan Lucic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Shawn Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| David Krejci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeremy Reich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petteri Nokelainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Schaefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Phil Kessel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Wideman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shane Hnidy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Mark Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Lashoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Auld | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tim Thomas | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 31 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Boyd Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nicklas Backstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| David Steckel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Fleischmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Quintin Laing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Nylander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Pothier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| John Erskine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Milan Jurcina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Frederic Cassivi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 30 |
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