Belt game 6,858 · January 15, 2009
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 5–4 (SO) on the road to start reign 2,707 of the NHL belt, the 79th for the franchise.
Dallas Stars had held it since January 12, 2009, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 6 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Tampa Bay Lightning on January 21, 2009.
2,707Reign number
79Team's reign
2Defenses
6Days held
Box score
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ott | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Mike Modano | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Lundqvist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Brad Richards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Nicklas Grossmann | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Niskanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Trevor Daley | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Krys Barch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Toby Petersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| James Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Brian Sutherby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Loui Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Stephane Robidas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Andrew Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Darryl Sydor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tobias Stephan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marty Turco | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 35 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Stafford | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Clarke MacArthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Daniel Paille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 25 |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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