Saturday, March 8, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Devils 1 at Islanders 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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1:07
Derek King (22) Ziggy Palffy (35), Travis Green (32) NJD 0 – 1 NYI
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6:58
Todd Bertuzzi (5) Bryan Smolinski (18) NJD 0 – 2 NYI
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8:02
Steve Thomas (11) Bobby Holik (37), Scott Stevens (16) NJD 1 – 2 NYI
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11:48
Bryan Smolinski (21) Niklas Andersson (25), Rich Pilon (4) NJD 1 – 3 NYI
2nd Period
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12:11
Randy Wood (3) Bryan Smolinski (19) NJD 1 – 4 NYI
3rd Period
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15:48
Ziggy Palffy (34) Travis Green (33) NJD 1 – 5 NYI
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Thomas R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Scott Stevens D | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0.78 |
| Bobby Holik C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Brian Rolston R | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0.52 |
| Dave Andreychuk L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Bill Guerin R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Jay Pandolfo L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Shawn Chambers D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bobby Carpenter C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Peter Zezel C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Reid Simpson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.30 |
| John MacLean R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -0.37 |
| Dave Ellett D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Scott Niedermayer D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Denis Pederson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Ken Daneyko D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Valeri Zelepukin L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | -0.53 |
| Lyle Odelein D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dunham | L | 22 | 17 | 5 | .773 | 60:00 | -2.05 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Smolinski C | 1 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 2.53 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Niklas Andersson L | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.15 |
| Derek King L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1.13 |
| Randy Wood R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0.78 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0.45 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.15 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.15 |
| Marty Mcinnis L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.38 |
| Steve Webb R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Salo | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 | 2.05 |