Belt game 7,275 · December 19, 2013
Pittsburgh Penguins take the belt
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at home to start reign 2,904 of the NHL belt, the 71st for the franchise.
Minnesota Wild had held it since December 17, 2013, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Pittsburgh Penguins held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Ottawa Senators on December 23, 2013.
2,904Reign number
71Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Kunitz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Matt Niskanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Olli Maatta | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pascal Dupuis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Brandon Sutter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| James Neal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jussi Jokinen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Vitale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Kobasew | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Chris Conner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Craig Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Zach Sill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Harry Zolnierczyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Dumoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Robert Bortuzzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Simon Despres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Philip Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zatkoff | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 26 |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Heatley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Nino Niederreiter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Zenon Konopka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Keith Ballard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan Suter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Mikko Koivu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Zach Parise | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Torrey Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kyle Brodziak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Brett Bulmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Clayton Stoner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marco Scandella | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Gustafsson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Niklas Backstrom | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 36 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.