Belt game 8,079 · January 7, 2023
Buffalo Sabres take the belt
Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild 6–5 (OT) at home to start reign 3,264 of the NHL belt, the 87th for the franchise.
Minnesota Wild had held it since January 4, 2023, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Buffalo Sabres held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on January 9, 2023.
3,264Reign number
87Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Victor Olofsson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Owen Power | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kyle Okposo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Skinner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kale Clague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 39 | 44 |
| Craig Anderson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Calen Addison | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Mathew Dumba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mason Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Ryan Reaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jon Merrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jake Middleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 37 |
| Zane McIntyre | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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