New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, November 20, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Thursday, November 20, 1997 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 43–28.
Bobby Holik scored twice. Ziggy Palffy, Doug Gilmour, Petr Sykora and Denis Pederson also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (13)Unassisted1–012:37 NYI ·
2nd period
Bobby Holik (9)Randy Mckay (7), Dave Andreychuk (8)1–106:44 NJD
Doug Gilmour (6)Petr Sykora (10), Kevin Dean (4)1–209:13 NJD
3rd period
Petr Sykora (9)Scott Niedermayer (12), Patrik Elias (3)1–310:08 NJD- Bobby Holik (10)Randy Mckay (8), Dave Andreychuk (9)1–412:34 NJD
Denis Pederson (4)Patrik Elias (4), Lyle Odelein (6)1–519:25 NJD ·
Team stats
NYINJD
2843
40%60%
0/31/5
3642
2522
2213
69
1418
Penalties
- 8:28 into the first period
Sheldon Souray · fighting5 min - 8:28 into the first period
Paul Kruse · fighting5 min - 11:19 into the first periodSergei Nemchinov · holding the stick2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodZdeno Chara · roughing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodSheldon Souray · fighting5 min
- 17:41 into the first periodSheldon Souray · game misconduct10 min
- 17:41 into the first periodPaul Kruse · fighting5 min
- 17:56 into the first periodScott Lachance · interference2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodZdeno Chara · interference2 min
- 9:59 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
- 17:31 into the second periodKevin Dean · cross checking2 min
- 0:23 into the third periodLyle Odelein · cross checking2 min
- 2:52 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodBobby Holik · slashing2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodScott Lachance · holding2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the third periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
- 17:18 into the third periodRandy Mckay · fighting5 min
- 17:18 into the third periodZdeno Chara · fighting5 min
- 17:34 into the third periodMike Hough · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:31 |
| 8Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:12 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:16 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:08 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:18 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 28:52 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:11 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 46Jason HollandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 53Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
| 35Tommy SaloG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:36 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:04 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:48 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:17 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 28:14 |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13:02 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:34 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:25 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |