Belt game 7,559 · December 31, 2016
Columbus Blue Jackets take the belt
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 on the road to start reign 3,039 of the NHL belt, the 14th for the franchise.
Minnesota Wild had held it since December 4, 2016, with 11 defenses over 27 days.
Columbus Blue Jackets held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Washington Capitals on January 5, 2017.
3,039Reign number
14Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael Granlund | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mikko Koivu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Chris Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Jordan Schroeder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zach Parise | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Nino Niederreiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Jason Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tyler Graovac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Christian Folin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Marco Scandella | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Suter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Mathew Dumba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darcy Kuemper | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Devan Dubnyk | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 25 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Atkinson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Alexander Wennberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Nick Foligno | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Seth Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jack Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Murray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Markus Nutivaara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Matt Calvert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| William Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Scott Hartnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Lukas Sedlak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sam Gagner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Zach Werenski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Curtis McElhinney | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 29 | 31 |
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