New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Wednesday, October 29, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 26–23.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Travis Green, Ziggy Palffy, Bryan Smolinski, Bryan Berard and Mike Hough also scored.
Eric Fichaud made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Travis Green (3)Robert Reichel (10), Bryan Berard (5)1–008:54 NYI · 
Mark Recchi (6)Saku Koivu (10), Shayne Corson (9)1–116:05 MTL
2nd period
Ziggy Palffy (6)Bryan McCabe (1), Bryan Berard (6)2–103:51 NYI · 
Bryan Smolinski (2)Mariusz Czerkawski (3), Scott Lachance (2)3–107:45 NYI
Bryan Berard (6)Ziggy Palffy (5), Robert Reichel (11)4–114:46 NYI ·
3rd period
Mike Hough (1)Claude Lapointe (1), Tom Chorske (3)5–101:29 NYI- Mark Recchi (7)Vincent Damphousse (4), Martin Rucinsky (5)5–214:47 MTL
Team stats
NYIMTL
2623
49%51%
3/60/6
1919
2416
1410
716
72
Penalties
- 5:24 into the first period
Robert Reichel · hooking obstruction2 min - 7:39 into the first period
Valeri Bure · hooking obstruction2 min - 10:34 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:29 into the first periodBryan McCabe · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodPaul Kruse · tripping2 min
- 1:59 into the second periodDarcy Tucker · boarding2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 5:54 into the second periodKen Belanger · fighting5 min
- 11:06 into the second periodBryan Smolinski · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodRich Pilon · hooking2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · interference2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodSaku Koivu · slashing2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodPaul Kruse · interference2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodDave Manson · holding2 min
- 19:15 into the third periodDave Manson · roughing2 min
- 19:15 into the third periodMariusz Czerkawski · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:56 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:07 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:20 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 07:15 |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:31 |
| 48Warren LuhningR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:38 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 35Tommy SaloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:27 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:25 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:16 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:32 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:14 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:16 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |