Los Angeles Kings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 on Tuesday, December 17, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Kings 43–21.
Goals came from Kai Nurminen, Scott Lachance, Bryan Smolinski, Ray Ferraro, Marty Mcinnis, Bryan McCabe and Philippe Boucher.
Tommy Salo made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Kai Nurminen (5)Dmitri Khristich (19)1–002:32 LAK
Scott Lachance (1)Derek King (13), Marty Mcinnis (7)1–118:28 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Smolinski (6)Bryan Berard (18), Scott Lachance (4)1–204:03 NYI
Ray Ferraro (12)Vladimir Tsyplakov (3), Philippe Boucher (4)2–205:12 LAK
Marty Mcinnis (9)Niklas Andersson (12), Bryan Berard (19)2–317:13 NYI ·
3rd period
Bryan McCabe (4)Travis Green (14)2–417:11 NYI
Philippe Boucher (3)Ian Laperriere (5), Vladimir Tsyplakov (4)3–418:12 LAK
Team stats
LAKNYI
2143
0%0%
0/41/7
2216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Ray Ferraro · interference obstruction2 min - 6:00 into the first periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 6:00 into the first period
Doug Houda · roughing2 min - 6:00 into the first periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 6:23 into the first periodDmitri Khristich · tripping2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodSean O'Donnell · interference obstruction2 min
- 3:00 into the second periodBarry Potomski · roughing2 min
- 3:00 into the second periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 5:45 into the second periodVladimir Tsyplakov · holding the stick2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · roughing2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · roughing2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodKevin Stevens · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodBarry Potomski · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodBrent Hughes · roughing2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodSteven Finn · interference2 min
- 13:46 into the third periodKai Nurminen · holding2 min
- 19:58 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 40Barry PotomskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
New York Islanders
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Nick VachonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |