New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Wednesday, December 3, 1997 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Hurricanes 33–23.
Sami Kapanen scored twice. Kevin Dineen, Geoff Sanderson, Kent Manderville, Ziggy Palffy, Travis Green and Claude Lapointe also scored.
Sean Burke made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Dineen (4)Curtis Leschyshyn (5), Geoff Sanderson (5)0–109:43 CAR
Geoff Sanderson (6)Kevin Dineen (6), Steve Chiasson (10)0–210:09 CAR
Kent Manderville (2)Paul Ranheim (2), Stu Grimson (3)0–311:50 CAR
2nd period
Ziggy Palffy (14)Vladimir Orszagh (1), Travis Green (8)1–301:29 NYI
Sami Kapanen (14)Steve Chiasson (11), Gary Roberts (18)1–413:10 CAR
3rd period
Travis Green (10)Robert Reichel (18), Todd Bertuzzi (5)2–414:20 NYI · 
Claude Lapointe (5)Todd Bertuzzi (6), Bryan Smolinski (10)3–419:13 NYI- Sami Kapanen (15)Keith Primeau (14)3–519:38 CAR ·
Team stats
NYICAR
3323
51%49%
1/60/3
2329
33
816
13
28
Penalties
- 0:24 into the first period
Jeff O'Neill · hooking2 min - 13:02 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · interference2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 16:51 into the first period
Paul Kruse · fighting5 min - 5:25 into the second periodRich Pilon · slashing2 min
- 6:36 into the second periodKeith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 6:36 into the second periodDoug Houda · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the second periodJeff Brown · holding2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · interference2 min
- 17:54 into the second periodCurtis Leschyshyn · tripping2 min
- 2:25 into the third periodBryan Berard · slashing2 min
- 4:15 into the third periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 4:15 into the third periodKeith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 4:15 into the third periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
- 7:27 into the third periodNelson Emerson · roughing2 min
- 7:27 into the third periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 12:38 into the third periodSami Kapanen · holding the stick2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:31 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:01 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:00 |
| 49Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 21:32 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:29 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:07 |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:34 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:23 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 23:08 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:52 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:29 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 25:24 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 21Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |