Belt game 6,790 · March 25, 2008
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 (SO) on the road to start reign 2,677 of the NHL belt, the 51st for the franchise.
Carolina Hurricanes had held it since March 20, 2008, with 0 defenses over 5 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 19 days and 6 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on April 13, 2008.
2,677Reign number
51Team's reign
6Defenses
19Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Staal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Erik Cole | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | — | — |
| Jeff Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tuomo Ruutu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — |
| Ryan Bayda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Trevor Letowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Joe Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Keith Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Frantisek Kaberle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bret Hedican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Niclas Wallin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Wade Brookbank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Tim Conboy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Tim Gleason | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cam Ward | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 42 | 44 |
| John Grahame | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | — |
| Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexander Semin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Sergei Fedorov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Fehr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Boyd Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Tomas Fleischmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Donald Brashear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Milan Jurcina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Eminger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cristobal Huet | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
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