Belt game 6,881 · March 7, 2009
Ottawa Senators take the belt
Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at home to start reign 2,718 of the NHL belt, the 24th for the franchise.
Buffalo Sabres had held it since March 4, 2009, with 1 defense over 3 days.
Ottawa Senators held it for 5 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on March 12, 2009.
2,718Reign number
24Team's reign
2Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Alfredsson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Fisher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Chris Kelly | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Shannon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Foligno | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Campoli | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Spezza | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Peter Regin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jarkko Ruutu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Filip Kuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Dany Heatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Jesse Winchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Comrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brendan Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Anton Volchenkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Brian Elliott | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 30 |
| Alex Auld | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Drew Stafford | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Thomas Vanek | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jochen Hecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Tallinder | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Craig Rivet | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Derek Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Dominic Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Paul Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Kaleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Matt Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Clarke MacArthur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Chris Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrej Sekera | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mikael Tellqvist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Lalime | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 36 |
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