Saturday, April 5, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Lightning 3 at Islanders 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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2:38
Chris Gratton (28) PPG Dino Ciccarelli (24), Alexander Selivanov (17) TBL 1 – 0 NYI
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8:30
Dino Ciccarelli (32) Shawn Burr (21), Jeff Toms (7) TBL 2 – 0 NYI
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9:32
Niklas Andersson (12) Travis Green (41), Bryan Berard (39) TBL 2 – 1 NYI
2nd Period
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14:46
Shawn Burr (14) Jeff Toms (8), Jamie Huscroft (5) TBL 3 – 1 NYI
3rd Period
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19:37
Ziggy Palffy (48) Robert Reichel (39), Bryan McCabe (19) TBL 3 – 2 NYI
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Toms L | 0 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1.78 |
| Shawn Burr L | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Dino Ciccarelli R | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.75 |
| Chris Gratton C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Jamie Huscroft D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Alexander Selivanov R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Paul Ysebaert L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Rob Zamuner L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Patrick Poulin L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Cory Cross D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Igor Ulanov D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Roman Hamrlik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Houlder D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Jeff Norton D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Daymond Langkow C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Mikael Andersson R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Jason Wiemer C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Rudy Poeschek D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Tabaracci | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 60:00 | 0.10 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Green C | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.15 |
| Niklas Andersson L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Robert Reichel C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Dave Mcllwain C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Randy Wood R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Smolinski C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Steve Webb R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Dennis Vaske D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Ken Belanger L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.68 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Salo | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 58:02 | 0.35 |