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Belt game 8,355 · December 2, 2025

New York Islanders take the belt

New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 at home to start reign 3,394 of the NHL belt, the 92nd for the franchise.

Tampa Bay Lightning had held it since November 29, 2025, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

New York Islanders held it for 5 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Florida Panthers on December 7, 2025.

3,394Reign number
92Team's reign
2Defenses
5Days held

Box score

New York Islanders

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Anthony Duclair1011010——
Bo Horvat1011030——
Maxim Shabanov0111021——
Calum Ritchie0111220——
Tony DeAngelo0111210——
Maxim Tsyplakov000-1015——
Simon Holmstrom0001021——
Mathew Barzal0000030——
Anders Lee0000001——
Jonathan Drouin0000000——
Kyle MacLean000-1204——
Emil Heineman0001001——
Casey Cizikas000-1000——
Adam Pelech0001053——
Ryan Pulock0000001——
Scott Mayfield0000031——
Travis Mitchell0000001——
Matthew Schaefer0000010——
Ilya Sorokin————0——3031
David Rittich————0——00

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Dominic James1011012——
Nick Paul0111242——
Emil Lilleberg0111012——
Oliver Bjorkstrand0000021——
Zemgus Girgensons000-1022——
Pontus Holmberg000-1020——
Yanni Gourde000-1021——
Brandon Hagel000-1002——
Curtis Douglas0000010——
Jake Guentzel0000010——
Anthony Cirelli000-1060——
Nikita Kucherov000-1210——
Gage Goncalves0001011——
Steven Santini000-1000——
Darren Raddysh000-1230——
Charle-Edouard D'Astous0000011——
Declan Carlile0000020——
J.J. Moser000-1010——
Jonas Johansson————0——00
Andrei Vasilevskiy————0——2224

Box scores: the NHL's own game center.

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