New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Wednesday, November 26, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 25–18.
Robert Reichel scored a hat trick. Kenny Jonsson and Alex Kovalev also scored.
Tommy Salo made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Reichel (10)Sergei Nemchinov (10), Ziggy Palffy (13)0–101:52 NYI
2nd period
Kenny Jonsson (5)Robert Reichel (16), Travis Green (6)0–215:04 NYI ·
3rd period
- Robert Reichel (11)Bryan Smolinski (7)0–311:20 NYI
- Robert Reichel (12)Kenny Jonsson (10), Travis Green (7)0–414:46 NYI ·
Alex Kovalev (5)Brian Skrudland (2), Adam Graves (5)1–416:44 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
1825
57%41%
0/52/5
5353
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:51 into the first period
Rich Pilon · fighting5 min - 3:51 into the first period
P.J. Stock · fighting5 min - 9:37 into the first periodDoug Houda · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · elbowing2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodJeff Finley · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodMike Hough · hooking2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodMike Hough · roughing2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodRich Pilon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodAdam Graves · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodTravis Green · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodEric Cairns · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodRich Pilon · misconduct10 min
- 14:09 into the second periodP.J. Stock · misconduct10 min
- 14:44 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodScott Lachance · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 18:45 into the second periodBryan McCabe · tripping2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodPaul Kruse · misconduct10 min
- 12:14 into the third periodScott Lachance · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodScott Lachance · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodScott Lachance · misconduct10 min
- 12:14 into the third periodBill Berg · misconduct10 min
- 12:14 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · charging2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · misconduct10 min
- 12:52 into the third periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 00:00 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00:00 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 00:00 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 00:00 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
New York Islanders
| 21Robert ReichelC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 00:00 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 00:00 |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 00:00 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 00:00 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 00:00 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 00:00 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 49Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00:00 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 00:00 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |