Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 6–3 on Tuesday, March 4, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Lightning 31–28.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice and Chris Gratton scored twice. Todd Bertuzzi, John Cullen, Rob Zamuner, Bryan Berard and Bryan Smolinski also scored.
Rick Tabaracci made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Todd Bertuzzi (3)Niklas Andersson (21), Kenny Jonsson (16)0–102:58 NYI
Dino Ciccarelli (27)Daymond Langkow (13)1–104:42 TBL
Chris Gratton (23)Patrick Poulin (13), Rudy Poeschek (4)2–108:57 TBL
2nd period
John Cullen (15)Dino Ciccarelli (21), Roman Hamrlik (23)3–100:31 TBL · 
Rob Zamuner (12)John Cullen (32)4–110:45 TBL
Bryan Berard (7)Niklas Andersson (22)4–211:54 NYI- Dino Ciccarelli (28)Unassisted5–219:57 TBL
3rd period
Bryan Smolinski (20)Bryan Berard (32), Niklas Andersson (23)5–301:33 NYI- Chris Gratton (24)Rudy Poeschek (5)6–319:41 TBL ·
Team stats
TBLNYI
2831
0%0%
1/40/4
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:22 into the first period
Mikael Andersson · holding obstruction2 min - 9:16 into the first period
Steve Webb · boarding2 min - 15:32 into the first periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
- 15:32 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · fighting5 min
- 19:53 into the first periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 3:15 into the third periodRob Zamuner · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodSteve Webb · roughing2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodRudy Poeschek · roughing2 min
- 8:04 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · elbowing2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · charging2 min
- 14:48 into the third periodNiklas Andersson · holding2 min
- 16:22 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · holding2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 10 | 1 | .900 | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |