Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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8–2

Final

SOG 26–27

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 8-2 on Thursday, January 8, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 27-26.

Brian Savage scored 4 goals and Martin Rucinsky scored twice. Sebastien Bordeleau, Bryan McCabe, Mark Recchi and Ziggy Palffy also scored.

Andy Moog made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 15 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	3	3	8	26
NYI	1	0	1	2	27

Scoring

1st period

Sebastien Bordeleau (3)Shayne Corson (29), Mark Recchi (25)1–004:27 MTL
Bryan McCabe (1)Ziggy Palffy (20)1–108:02 NYI
Mark Recchi (22)Shayne Corson (30), Dave Manson (15)2–114:32 MTL · PPG

2nd period

Brian Savage (11)Dave Manson (16), Stephane Quintal (6)3–111:39 MTL
Brian Savage (12)Vincent Damphousse (17), Martin Rucinsky (18)4–115:08 MTL
Martin Rucinsky (12)Brian Savage (8), Vladimir Malakhov (17)5–117:56 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Brian Savage (13)Vincent Damphousse (18), Martin Rucinsky (19)6–100:32 MTL
Ziggy Palffy (20)Kip Miller (1)6–207:47 NYI · PPG
Brian Savage (14)Patrice Brisebois (17)7–209:41 MTL
Martin Rucinsky (13)Brian Savage (9), Vincent Damphousse (19)8–213:40 MTL

Team stats

MTLNYI

26Shots on goal27

45%Faceoff %55%

2/5Power play1/5

19Penalty minutes32

16Hits23

7Blocked shots7

15Giveaways13

8Takeaways24

Penalties

1st 11:12Scott Thornton · roughing2 min
1st 11:12Bryan Berard · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 14:13Rich Pilon · interference2 min
1st 15:14Brian Savage · holding obstruction2 min
2nd 03:54Brett Clark · tripping2 min
2nd 16:27Scott Thornton · fighting5 min
2nd 16:27Ken Belanger · instigator2 min
2nd 16:27Ken Belanger · fighting5 min
2nd 16:27Ken Belanger · game misconduct10 min
2nd 16:27Bryan McCabe · tripping obstruction2 min
3rd 04:08Sergei Nemchinov · tripping obstruction2 min
3rd 05:31Sebastien Bordeleau · roughing2 min
3rd 05:31Doug Houda · roughing2 min
3rd 06:32Vladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min
3rd 09:53Andy Moog · delaying game2 min
3rd 13:57Claude Lapointe · boarding5 min
3rd 18:28Sebastien Bordeleau · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

49Brian SavageL	4	2	6	+4	6	0	0	2	100	11:23
26Martin RucinskyL	2	2	4	+3	3	3	0	0	–	13:10
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	3	3	+4	1	1	0	0	36	13:21
8Mark RecchiR	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	15:27
27Shayne CorsonL	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	25	16:18
22Dave MansonD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	–	20:14
71Sebastien BordeleauC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	4	67	15:54
5Stephane QuintalD	0	1	1	+4	1	0	1	0	–	21:44
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	0	2	–	18:57
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:57
12Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	12:39
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:52
23Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	13:24
24Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	29	12:02
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	33	16:36
29Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	11:30
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:43
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:46

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Andy MoogG	W	27	25	2	.926	59:48
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Ziggy PalffyR	1	1	2	-2	6	0	1	0	–	23:27
54Kip MillerC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	25	17:05
4Bryan McCabeD	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	–	23:07
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	-3	1	1	1	5	64	14:51
14Tom ChorskeR	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	–	18:39
15Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	50	13:31
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	20	16:14
18Mike HoughL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	09:24
21Robert ReichelC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	55	17:22
24Paul KruseL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:43
33Ken BelangerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	–	02:11
39Travis GreenC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	62	17:51
44Todd BertuzziR	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	12:23
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	2	–	11:46
6Doug HoudaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	13:30
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	24:58
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	-3	1	3	1	0	–	21:13
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	2	–	21:27

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Eric FichaudG		6	3	3	.500	08:53
35Tommy SaloG	L	20	15	5	.750	51:07