Belt game 6,766 · January 31, 2008
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Montréal Canadiens 5–4 (OT) at home to start reign 2,662 of the NHL belt, the 49th for the franchise.
Montréal Canadiens had held it since January 24, 2008, with 1 defense over 7 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Winnipeg Jets on February 2, 2008.
2,662Reign number
49Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Green | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Nicklas Backstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Milan Jurcina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Jeff Schultz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| Boyd Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexander Semin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| David Steckel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Tomas Fleischmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Quintin Laing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| John Erskine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Eminger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Johnson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 17 | 21 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillaume Latendresse | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Tomas Plekanec | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Maxim Lapierre | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Mike Komisarek | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Streit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Saku Koivu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Begin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Michael Ryder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Josh Gorges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Francis Bouillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Cristobal Huet | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 33 | 38 |
| Jaroslav Halak | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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