Belt game 6,834 · November 18, 2008
Minnesota Wild take the belt
Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (SO) on the road to start reign 2,697 of the NHL belt, the 7th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Penguins had held it since November 11, 2008, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
Minnesota Wild held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Vancouver Canucks on November 20, 2008.
2,697Reign number
7Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | — |
| Matt Cooke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Rob Scuderi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Pascal Dupuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Zigomanis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Max Talbot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Godard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tyler Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Goligoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Philippe Boucher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brooks Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| John Curry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dany Sabourin | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 24 | 25 |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Koivu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Owen Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrew Brunette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Colton Gillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stephane Veilleux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Antti Miettinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Eric Belanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| James Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Benoit Pouliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Reitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Marek Zidlicky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kim Johnsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Skoula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc-Andre Bergeron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Nick Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nolan Schaefer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Niklas Backstrom | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 25 |
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