Belt game 6,781 · February 28, 2008
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on the road to start reign 2,672 of the NHL belt, the 240th for the franchise.
Carolina Hurricanes had held it since February 26, 2008, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
New York Rangers held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Islanders on March 4, 2008.
2,672Reign number
240Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cole | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Patrick Eaves | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bret Hedican | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Cullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Ray Whitney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tuomo Ruutu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Bayda | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Trevor Letowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Keith Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Frantisek Kaberle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Niclas Wallin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Wade Brookbank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Conboy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cam Ward | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 28 |
| John Grahame | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Dawes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brendan Shanahan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sean Avery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Scott Gomez | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Drury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Girardi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Marc Staal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Blair Betts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Fredrik Sjostrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Ryan Callahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Hollweg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Marek Malik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Fedor Tyutin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Christian Backman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 28 |
| Steve Valiquette | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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