New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Friday, December 26, 1997 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 22–20.
Randy Mckay scored twice. Sergei Nemchinov, Robert Reichel, Bryan Berard, Denis Pederson and Scott Stevens also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Nemchinov (6)Unassisted1–002:12 NYI
Robert Reichel (16)Scott Lachance (6), Sergei Nemchinov (12)2–008:53 NYI
Randy Mckay (13)Sheldon Souray (2), Dave Andreychuk (14)2–117:46 NJD
2nd period
Bryan Berard (11)Kenny Jonsson (13)3–101:15 NYI · 
Denis Pederson (7)Dave Andreychuk (15), Lyle Odelein (13)3–206:42 NJD · 
Scott Stevens (1)Bobby Carpenter (3)3–309:32 NJD
3rd period
- Randy Mckay (14)Lyle Odelein (14), Scott Niedermayer (22)3–416:52 NJD
Team stats
NYINJD
2022
38%62%
1/51/2
612
2622
86
1226
1839
Penalties
- 13:54 into the first period
Bobby Holik · tripping obstruction2 min - 20:00 into the first periodLyle Odelein · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodLyle Odelein · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first period
Rich Pilon · roughing2 min - 3:13 into the second periodValeri Zelepukin · elbowing2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodBryan McCabe · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:07 into the second periodValeri Zelepukin · slashing2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · high sticking2 min
- 13:32 into the third periodRandy Mckay · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:11 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:06 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:55 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 49Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
New Jersey Devils
| 21Randy MckayR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:42 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 12:30 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 27:05 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:34 |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:26 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:39 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |