Belt game 7,357 · December 23, 2014
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at home to start reign 2,946 of the NHL belt, the 248th for the franchise.
Washington Capitals had held it since December 18, 2014, with 2 defenses over 5 days.
New York Rangers held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Dallas Stars on December 29, 2014.
2,946Reign number
248Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derick Brassard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Rick Nash | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Derek Stepan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Boyle | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| J.T. Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Tanner Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Jesper Fast | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Kreider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dominic Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Carl Hagelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Dan Girardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Klein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Marc Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Hunwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Henrik Lundqvist | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
| Cam Talbot | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | — | — |
| Troy Brouwer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Marcus Johansson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Fehr | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Nicklas Backstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Brooks Laich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Jason Chimera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Michael Latta | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Burakovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jay Beagle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Niskanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Karl Alzner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Brooks Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Mike Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Nate Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Justin Peters | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Holtby | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 27 |
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