New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Wednesday, January 14, 1998 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–1 on Wednesday, January 14, 1998 at Ice Palace. The Islanders outshot the Lightning 34–22.
Robert Reichel scored twice and Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Bryan Smolinski, Dane Jackson, Kenny Jonsson and Mikael Renberg also scored.
Wade Flaherty made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Zac Bierk stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Smolinski (7)Ziggy Palffy (21), Bryan Berard (14)1–003:53 NYI · 
Dane Jackson (1)Sergei Nemchinov (17)2–007:43 NYI
Kenny Jonsson (9)Rich Pilon (3)3–019:29 NYI
2nd period
Robert Reichel (18)Unassisted4–016:18 NYI
Ziggy Palffy (21)Tom Chorske (12), Bryan Smolinski (19)5–019:59 NYI
3rd period
Mikael Renberg (7)David Shaw (2)5–102:59 TBL- Robert Reichel (19)Tom Chorske (13), Ziggy Palffy (22)6–103:50 NYI
- Ziggy Palffy (22)Rich Pilon (4), Robert Reichel (28)7–118:01 NYI
Team stats
NYITBL
3422
57%43%
1/30/5
1511
913
21
110
21
Penalties
- 3:04 into the first period
Jason Bonsignore · hooking2 min - 5:33 into the first period
Sergei Nemchinov · holding stick obstruction2 min - 9:18 into the first periodTom Chorske · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:16 into the first periodJeff Norton · slashing2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 12:24 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · interference2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodDoug Houda · fighting5 min
- 2:31 into the third periodJason Wiemer · fighting5 min
- 6:57 into the third periodTom Chorske · tripping2 min
- 9:32 into the third periodDane Jackson · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 18:06 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 12:42 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:23 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 36Dane JacksonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:46 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 54Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:40 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 35Tommy SaloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 20Mikael RenbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 11Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:34 |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | 18:20 |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 36Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:51 |
| 64Jason BonsignoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 8Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 14Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 23Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | 16:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Zac BierkG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
| 35Derek WilkinsonG | 0 | 0 | – |