Phoenix Coyotes vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4–0 on Saturday, December 6, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Coyotes 24–22.
Goals came from Claude Lapointe, Todd Bertuzzi, Robert Reichel and Ziggy Palffy.
Tommy Salo made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jimmy Waite stopped 20 of 24.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
 NYI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lapointe (6)Bryan Berard (10), Ken Belanger (1)0–117:01 NYI
2nd period
Todd Bertuzzi (4)Bryan Smolinski (11), Doug Houda (2)0–207:18 NYI
Robert Reichel (13)Ziggy Palffy (16), Sergei Nemchinov (11)0–316:27 NYI
3rd period
Ziggy Palffy (15)Robert Reichel (19)0–414:40 NYI
Team stats
PHXNYI
2224
44%56%
0/30/3
1010
2016
211
38
67
Penalties
- 3:06 into the first periodJayson More · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 18:30 into the first periodMichel Petit · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodRich Pilon · high sticking2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodScott Lachance · tripping obstruction2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodRich Pilon · high sticking2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodJocelyn Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodChad Kilger · hooking2 min
- 4:25 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · boarding2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:41 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:05 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:13 |
| 44Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:30 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:20 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 49Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:31 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |