Belt game 6,948 · January 21, 2010
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on the road to start reign 2,751 of the NHL belt, the 54th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Penguins had held it since January 19, 2010, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 20 days and 9 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on February 10, 2010.
2,751Reign number
54Team's reign
9Defenses
20Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Nick Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Sidney Crosby | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Dustin Jeffrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Rupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Matt Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Craig Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Eric Godard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tyler Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Alex Goligoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooks Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Sergei Gonchar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brent Johnson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 33 |
| John Curry | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | — | — |
| Tomas Fleischmann | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Knuble | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shaone Morrisonn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Brendan Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Fehr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nicklas Backstrom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason Chimera | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Alexander Semin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| David Steckel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John Carlson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Boyd Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Tom Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Karl Alzner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tyler Sloan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Michal Neuvirth | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 35 | 38 |
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