Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 8–2 on Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 27–20.
Bryan Smolinski scored twice and Ziggy Palffy scored a hat trick. Brent Hughes, Randy Wood, Anson Carter, Travis Green and Troy Mallette also scored.
Tommy Salo made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 4 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Smolinski (23)Robert Reichel (33), Kenny Jonsson (17)0–101:24 NYI
Brent Hughes (6)Unassisted0–203:15 NYI
Randy Wood (5)Dave Mcllwain (1), Doug Houda (5)0–309:46 NYI- Bryan Smolinski (24)Ziggy Palffy (40), Robert Reichel (34)0–415:11 NYI
Anson Carter (9)Bob Beers (3), Jason Allison (23)1–418:54 BOS
2nd period
Ziggy Palffy (42)Robert Reichel (35), Bryan Berard (35)1–506:51 NYI · - Ziggy Palffy (43)Dennis Vaske (3), Robert Reichel (36)1–610:20 NYI
Travis Green (21)Todd Bertuzzi (13), Scott Lachance (11)1–718:52 NYI- Ziggy Palffy (44)Bryan Smolinski (27), Travis Green (39)1–819:48 NYI
3rd period
Troy Mallette (6)Anson Carter (6), Jason Allison (24)2–812:56 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYI
2720
0%0%
0/21/4
2824
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:56 into the first period
Dean Malkoc · instigator2 min - 15:56 into the first periodDean Malkoc · fighting5 min
- 15:56 into the first periodDean Malkoc · misconduct10 min
- 15:56 into the first period
Ken Belanger · fighting5 min - 2:18 into the second periodTravis Green · hooking2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodDean Chynoweth · high sticking2 min
- 0:43 into the third periodDean Malkoc · fighting5 min
- 0:43 into the third periodKen Belanger · instigator2 min
- 0:43 into the third periodKen Belanger · fighting5 min
- 0:43 into the third periodKen Belanger · misconduct10 min
- 3:31 into the third periodLandon Wilson · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodTim Sweeney · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11Anson CarterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Bob BeersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Davis PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paxton SchaferG | 12 | 4 | .667 | |
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 8 | 4 | .500 |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 10 | 1 | .900 | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |