Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, April 5, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Saturday, April 5, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 29–18.
Goals came from Chris Gratton, Dino Ciccarelli, Niklas Andersson, Shawn Burr and Ziggy Palffy.
Rick Tabaracci made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Gratton (28)Dino Ciccarelli (24), Alexander Selivanov (17)1–002:38 TBL · 
Dino Ciccarelli (32)Shawn Burr (21), Jeff Toms (7)2–008:30 TBL
Niklas Andersson (12)Travis Green (41), Bryan Berard (39)2–109:32 NYI
2nd period
Shawn Burr (14)Jeff Toms (8), Jamie Huscroft (5)3–114:46 TBL
3rd period
Ziggy Palffy (48)Robert Reichel (39), Bryan McCabe (19)3–219:37 NYI
Team stats
TBLNYI
2918
0%0%
1/40/5
2321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:54 into the first period
Dan Plante · roughing2 min - 4:58 into the first periodBryan Smolinski · charging2 min
- 8:56 into the first periodKen Belanger · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:56 into the first period
Rudy Poeschek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 11:05 into the first periodKen Belanger · fighting5 min
- 11:05 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
- 14:15 into the first periodRich Pilon · cross checking2 min
- 14:15 into the first periodJeff Norton · slashing2 min
- 14:55 into the first periodNiklas Andersson · roughing2 min
- 14:55 into the first periodRob Zamuner · tripping2 min
- 16:33 into the first periodAlexander Selivanov · hooking2 min
- 4:18 into the second periodClaude Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 4:18 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · roughing2 min
- 10:32 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · roughing2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodJason Wiemer · roughing2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodJason Wiemer · cross checking2 min
- 8:04 into the third periodZiggy Palffy · slashing2 min
- 12:46 into the third periodCory Cross · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:30 into the third periodDaymond Langkow · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |