Belt game 6,863 · January 29, 2009
Carolina Hurricanes take the belt
Carolina Hurricanes beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 at home to start reign 2,709 of the NHL belt, the 44th for the franchise.
Tampa Bay Lightning had held it since January 21, 2009, with 1 defense over 8 days.
Carolina Hurricanes held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Vancouver Canucks on February 3, 2009.
2,709Reign number
44Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cullen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Eric Staal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Sergei Samsonov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chad LaRose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Tim Gleason | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Joni Pitkanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Justin Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Whitney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tuomo Ruutu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brandon Sutter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Rod Brind'Amour | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Bayda | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Michael Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Patrick Eaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Frantisek Kaberle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Bryan Rodney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Anton Babchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cam Ward | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 29 |
| Michael Leighton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Downie | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Malone | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Halpern | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Martin St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Craig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jussi Jokinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Evgeny Artyukhin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Lukas Krajicek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrej Meszaros | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Cory Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Smaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Steve Eminger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Paul Ranger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Riku Helenius | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Smith | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 31 |
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