New York Islanders vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 1997 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 5–2 on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Islanders 34–25.
Ziggy Palffy scored a hat trick. Viktor Kozlov, Bryan Smolinski, Tony Granato and Robert Reichel also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (2)Bryan Smolinski (3), Robert Reichel (6)1–005:52 NYI
2nd period
Viktor Kozlov (4)Marty McSorley (2), Bill Houlder (2)1–103:26 SJS- Ziggy Palffy (3)Robert Reichel (7), Bryan Berard (4)2–108:25 NYI ·
Bryan Smolinski (1)Travis Green (2), Ziggy Palffy (3)3–117:48 NYI ·
3rd period
Tony Granato (1)Jeff Friesen (2), Andrei Zyuzin (1)3–201:18 SJS
Robert Reichel (2)Unassisted4–207:42 NYI- Ziggy Palffy (4)Kenny Jonsson (3)5–215:02 NYI
Team stats
NYISJS
2534
55%45%
2/70/7
1618
816
114
07
22
Penalties
- 7:01 into the first period
Doug Bodger · tripping2 min - 10:26 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · cross checking2 min
- 12:55 into the first period
Paul Kruse · holding2 min - 17:20 into the first periodShean Donovan · high sticking2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodRon Sutter · tripping2 min
- 0:09 into the second periodTommy Salo · high sticking2 min
- 1:12 into the second periodRobert Reichel · hooking2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodBill Houlder · cross checking2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodAndrei Zyuzin · holding2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodTravis Green · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodOwen Nolan · charging2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 7:00 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · holding2 min
- 7:22 into the third periodTony Granato · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodKenny Jonsson · interference2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.