Belt game 6,886 · March 15, 2009
Pittsburgh Penguins take the belt
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 6–4 at home to start reign 2,720 of the NHL belt, the 63rd for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since March 12, 2009, with 1 defense over 3 days.
Pittsburgh Penguins held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on March 22, 2009.
2,720Reign number
63Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Guerin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Kunitz | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Pascal Dupuis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Sykora | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Gonchar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Max Talbot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| Eric Godard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tyler Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — |
| Hal Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Rob Scuderi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooks Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mathieu Garon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 25 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Wheeler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Chuck Kobasew | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Recchi | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| David Krejci | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Michael Ryder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| Phil Kessel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| Mark Stuart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| P.J. Axelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milan Lucic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Shawn Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrice Bergeron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Byron Bitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Wideman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Montador | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Aaron Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Tim Thomas | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 33 |
| Manny Fernandez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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