New York Islanders vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 1997 · Reunion Arena
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at Reunion Arena. The Stars outshot the Islanders 45–20.
Goals came from Bryan Smolinski, Jere Lehtinen, Ziggy Palffy, Randy Wood, Bill Huard, Bob Bassen, Mike Modano, Dave Mcllwain and Benoit Hogue.
Arturs Irbe made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 40 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Smolinski (25)Robert Reichel (37), Bryan Berard (36)1–000:48 NYI
Jere Lehtinen (14)Sergei Zubov (28), Greg Adams (13)1–102:59 DAL · 
Ziggy Palffy (45)Bryan Smolinski (28), Robert Reichel (38)2–109:00 NYI
2nd period
Randy Wood (6)Claude Lapointe (5), Bryan Berard (37)3–107:26 NYI
Bill Huard (5)Neal Broten (12), Darryl Sydor (36)3–207:42 DAL
Bob Bassen (4)Dave Reid (20), Todd Harvey (21)3–312:37 DAL
3rd period
Mike Modano (33)Bill Huard (6)3–400:48 DAL
Dave Mcllwain (1)Bryan Berard (38), Kenny Jonsson (18)4–413:36 NYI · 
Benoit Hogue (18)Pat Verbeek (34), Darryl Sydor (37)4–519:27 DAL
Team stats
NYIDAL
2045
0%0%
1/41/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Ken Belanger · roughing2 min - 16:05 into the first period
Joe Nieuwendyk · interference2 min - 16:31 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · interference2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodDennis Vaske · hooking2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · interference2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodRobert Reichel · roughing2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodDarryl Sydor · holding2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodTodd Harvey · roughing2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 45 | 5 | .889 |
Dallas Stars
| 17Bill HuardL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dan KeczmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |