New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Thursday, March 27, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 41-35.
Robert Reichel scored twice and Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Jean-Yves Roy, Anson Carter, Bryan Smolinski, Tim Sweeney and Travis Green also scored.
Tommy Salo made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Jean-Yves Roy (8)Rob DiMaio (15), Ray Bourque (30)0–104:14 BOS · PPG
Anson Carter (8)Jason Allison (21)0–205:55 BOS
Bryan Smolinski (22)Bryan McCabe (17), Robert Reichel (30)1–212:42 NYI · PPG
Robert Reichel (18)Ziggy Palffy (39)2–214:36 NYI
Tim Sweeney (9)Jason Allison (22), Anson Carter (5)2–317:31 BOS · PPG
2nd period
- Robert Reichel (19)Todd Bertuzzi (11), Bryan Smolinski (26)3–308:35 NYI
Ziggy Palffy (40)Robert Reichel (31)4–313:39 NYI- Ziggy Palffy (41)Robert Reichel (32)5–315:23 NYI
3rd period
Travis Green (20)Todd Bertuzzi (12)6–311:13 NYI
Team stats
NYIBOS
35Shots on goal41
0%Faceoff %0%
1/1Power play2/4
18Penalty minutes12
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 04:09
Dan Plante · holding2 min - 1st 06:33
Kyle McLaren · fighting5 min - 1st 06:33Steve Webb · fighting5 min
- 1st 09:54Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 1st 09:54Ken Belanger · fighting5 min
- 1st 10:59Landon Wilson · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:20Doug Houda · kneeing2 min
- 2nd 09:56Dennis Vaske · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 14:33Dennis Vaske · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Robert ReichelC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 41 | 38 | 3 | .927 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 11Anson CarterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 48Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 34Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 44Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paxton SchaferG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 60:00 |