Detroit Red Wings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 7–1 on Saturday, December 28, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Red Wings outshot the Islanders 32–26.
Vyacheslav Kozlov scored twice and Greg Johnson scored twice. Sergei Fedorov, Ziggy Palffy, Doug Brown and Nicklas Lidstrom also scored.
Mike Vernon made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Sergei Fedorov (18)Steve Yzerman (31), Jamie Pushor (4)1–003:43 DET
Ziggy Palffy (22)Scott Lachance (6), Niklas Andersson (13)1–104:08 NYI
Vyacheslav Kozlov (11)Vladimir Konstantinov (13), Viacheslav Fetisov (8)2–105:18 DET
Greg Johnson (3)Unassisted3–117:44 DET
Doug Brown (5)Kris Draper (3), Nicklas Lidstrom (19)4–119:26 DET
3rd period
- Vyacheslav Kozlov (12)Sergei Fedorov (14), Viacheslav Fetisov (9)5–106:30 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom (6)Steve Yzerman (32), Darren McCarty (14)6–113:00 DET- Greg Johnson (4)Viacheslav Fetisov (10), Vladimir Konstantinov (14)7–118:37 DET
Team stats
DETNYI
3226
0%0%
0/30/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Bryan Berard · holding2 min - 3:58 into the first periodDoug Houda · interference2 min
- 9:35 into the first period
Vyacheslav Kozlov · interference2 min - 13:15 into the first periodKenny Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 13:53 into the first periodIgor Larionov · cross checking2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodVladimir Konstantinov · interference2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodRandy Wood · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodGreg Johnson · slashing2 min
- 0:49 into the third periodIgor Larionov · slashing2 min
- 0:49 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · slashing2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodMartin Lapointe · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg JohnsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 31Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |