Thursday, January 8, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Canadiens 8 at Islanders 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
4:27
Sebastien Bordeleau
(3)
Shayne Corson (29), Mark Recchi (25)
· Snap
MTL 1 – 0 NYI
-
8:02
Bryan McCabe
(1)
Ziggy Palffy (20)
· Backhand
MTL 1 – 1 NYI
-
14:32
Mark Recchi
(22)
PPG
Shayne Corson (30), Dave Manson (15)
· Tip-in
MTL 2 – 1 NYI
2nd Period
-
11:39
Brian Savage
(11)
Dave Manson (16), Stephane Quintal (6)
· Slap
MTL 3 – 1 NYI
-
15:08
Brian Savage
(12)
Vincent Damphousse (17), Martin Rucinsky (18)
· Snap
MTL 4 – 1 NYI
-
17:56
Martin Rucinsky
(12)
PPG
Brian Savage (8), Vladimir Malakhov (17)
· Wrist
MTL 5 – 1 NYI
3rd Period
-
0:32
Brian Savage
(13)
PPG
Vincent Damphousse (18), Martin Rucinsky (19)
· Snap
MTL 6 – 1 NYI
-
7:47
Ziggy Palffy
(20)
PPG
Kip Miller (1)
· Wrist
MTL 6 – 2 NYI
-
9:41
Brian Savage
(14)
Patrice Brisebois (17)
· Slap
MTL 7 – 2 NYI
-
13:40
Martin Rucinsky
(13)
Brian Savage (9), Vincent Damphousse (19)
· Wrist
MTL 8 – 2 NYI
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Savage L | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 11:23 | 5.15 |
| Martin Rucinsky L | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 13:10 | 3.43 |
| Vincent Damphousse C | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 13:21 | 2.50 |
| Mark Recchi R | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 15:27 | 2.10 |
| Shayne Corson L | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 16:18 | 1.78 |
| Dave Manson D | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 20:14 | 1.68 |
| Stephane Quintal D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 21:44 | 1.35 |
| Vladimir Malakhov D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 18:57 | 1.00 |
| Patrice Brisebois D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 18:57 | 0.88 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 15:54 | 0.80 |
| Marc Bureau C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:36 | 0.25 |
| Peter Popovic D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:43 | 0.10 |
| Benoit Brunet L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 | 0.02 |
| Darcy Tucker R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | -0.05 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 | -0.10 |
| Brett Clark D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 | -0.15 |
| Turner Stevenson R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 | -0.20 |
| Scott Thornton L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:02 | -0.58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Moog | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:48 | 1.00 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziggy Palffy R | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 23:27 | 1.53 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23:07 | 0.80 |
| Kip Miller C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:05 | 0.70 |
| Robert Reichel C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 | 0.48 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:43 | 0.05 |
| Bryan Smolinski C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:31 | 0.02 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:14 | -0.05 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 12:23 | -0.07 |
| Mike Hough L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 9:24 | -0.10 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:51 | -0.13 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 | -0.13 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 24:58 | -0.15 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 21:13 | -0.22 |
| Tom Chorske R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18:39 | -0.25 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 21:27 | -0.40 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 11:46 | -0.52 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 14:51 | -0.70 |
| Ken Belanger L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:11 | -1.33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Fichaud | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8:53 | -1.95 |
| Tommy Salo | L | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 51:07 | -2.25 |