Belt game 6,861 · January 21, 2009
Tampa Bay Lightning take the belt
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at home to start reign 2,708 of the NHL belt, the 23rd for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since January 15, 2009, with 2 defenses over 6 days.
Tampa Bay Lightning held it for 8 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Carolina Hurricanes on January 29, 2009.
2,708Reign number
23Team's reign
1Defenses
8Days held
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Halpern | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Cory Murphy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Downie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lukas Krajicek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ty Wishart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrej Meszaros | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Eminger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Malone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Adam Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Martin St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| David Koci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Craig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Jussi Jokinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Olie Kolzig | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Smith | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 34 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Roy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Ales Kotalik | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Daniel Paille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Drew Stafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Clarke MacArthur | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Nathan Paetsch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Miller | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 26 |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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