Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1–6

23–25

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–1 on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Flyers 25–23.

Ziggy Palffy scored a hat trick. Eric Lindros, Kenny Jonsson, Tom Chorske and Travis Green also scored.

Tommy Salo made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 11 of 15.

Goals
PHI	1	0	0	1	23
NYI	2	2	2	6	25

Scoring

1st period

Ziggy Palffy (24)Tom Chorske (14), Bryan Smolinski (22)0–101:10 NYI
Eric Lindros (24)Rod Brind'Amour (23), Janne Niinimaa (19)1–110:19 PHI
Ziggy Palffy (25)Robert Reichel (29), Bryan McCabe (5)1–215:57 NYI ·

2nd period

Kenny Jonsson (10)Bryan Smolinski (23), Ziggy Palffy (23)1–307:10 NYI
Ziggy Palffy (26)Unassisted1–415:12 NYI ·

3rd period

Tom Chorske (8)Bryan Berard (15), Bryan Smolinski (24)1–514:22 NYI
Travis Green (14)Bryan Berard (16), Sergei Nemchinov (18)1–618:07 NYI ·

Team stats

PHINYI

2325

56%44%

0/43/8

9140

1924

511

106

922

Penalties

3:58 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · roughing2 min
6:32 into the first periodSteve Webb · tripping2 min
14:42 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · elbowing2 min
17:52 into the first periodRich Pilon · interference2 min
2:28 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · high sticking2 min
7:43 into the second periodLuke Richardson · boarding2 min
14:44 into the second periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
17:55 into the second periodScott Lachance · holding2 min
6:14 into the third periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
6:14 into the third periodJohn LeClair · slashing2 min
6:14 into the third periodBrantt Myhres · cross checking5 min
6:14 into the third periodBrantt Myhres · misconduct10 min
6:14 into the third periodBrantt Myhres · game misconduct10 min
6:14 into the third periodBrantt Myhres · game misconduct10 min
9:11 into the third periodRon Hextall · delaying game2 min
17:29 into the third periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
17:29 into the third periodDan Kordic · instigator2 min
17:29 into the third periodDan Kordic · fighting5 min
17:29 into the third periodDan Kordic · misconduct10 min
19:19 into the third periodPaul Kruse · roughing2 min
19:19 into the third periodJason Strudwick · fighting5 min
19:19 into the third periodJason Strudwick · game misconduct10 min
19:19 into the third periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
19:19 into the third periodChris Therien · fighting5 min
19:19 into the third periodChris Therien · game misconduct10 min
19:19 into the third periodEric Lindros · fighting5 min
20:00 into the third periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
20:00 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · fighting5 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	83	0	0	26	21:09
88Eric LindrosC	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	7	53	1	1	29	22:10
44Janne NiinimaaD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	5	2	23	18:39
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	50	1	1	17	10:20
10John LeClairL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	21	16:25
12Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	15	10:09
18Brantt MyhresR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	–	0	0	5	02:20
19Alexandre DaigleR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	19	14:22
20Trent KlattR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	1	0	24	16:35
21Dan KordicL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	–	0	0	7	04:09
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	0	2	24	13:52
29Joel OttoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	2	20	10:32
55Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	56	0	0	16	11:54
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	15	–	0	0	26	18:08
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	0	0	24	18:58
23Petr SvobodaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	1	24	20:11
28Kjell SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	18:24
37Eric DesjardinsD	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	27	19:30

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
27Ron HextallG		10	8	2	.800	20:00
30Garth SnowG	L	15	11	4	.733	39:29

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Ziggy PalffyR	3	1	4	+3	7	0	0	0	–	1	5	23	21:26
15Bryan SmolinskiC	0	3	3	+3	2	3	0	0	44	0	3	23	18:53
14Tom ChorskeR	1	1	2	+3	3	4	1	0	–	0	1	21	16:59
34Bryan BerardD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	4	0	22	21:53
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	23	16:05
21Robert ReichelC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	57	0	1	18	13:43
39Travis GreenC	1	0	1	−1	1	0	1	0	47	0	0	23	19:23
4Bryan McCabeD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	5	–	1	0	30	24:30
29Kenny JonssonD	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	–	0	2	30	25:11
8Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7	–	0	1	11	06:07
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	43	0	0	20	16:10
18Mike HoughL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	0	2	19	14:19
24Paul KruseL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	0	3	12	07:10
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	00:00
42Dan PlanteR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	15	11:17
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	9	–	0	0	24	14:51
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	0	3	27	19:56
43Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	–	0	0	14	10:25

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	W	23	22	1	.957	60:00