Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Monday, February 17, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Monday, February 17, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 37-25.
Goals came from Derek King, Mark Recchi, Valeri Bure, Brian Savage and Sebastien Bordeleau.
Jose Theodore made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Derek King (20)Marty Mcinnis (20), Travis Green (27)0–117:43 NYI
Mark Recchi (27)Saku Koivu (29), Brian Savage (34)1–118:11 MTL
Valeri Bure (10)Martin Rucinsky (20), Murray Baron (6)2–119:50 MTL
3rd period
Brian Savage (22)Saku Koivu (30), Mark Recchi (33)3–100:34 MTL
Sebastien Bordeleau (2)Stephane Richer (19)4–114:49 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
25Shots on goal37
0%Faceoff %0%
0/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes4
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 04:30
Turner Stevenson · holding2 min - 1st 07:31Peter Popovic · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:08
Travis Green · hooking2 min - 2nd 13:54Martin Rucinsky · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:35Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 04:09Bryan McCabe · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 60:00 |
New York Islanders
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 46Jason HollandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 60:00 |