New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Monday, February 2, 1998 · Civic Arena

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4–2

18–30

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Monday, February 2, 1998 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 30–18.

Paul Kruse scored twice. Jaromir Jagr, Ziggy Palffy, Stu Barnes and Bryan Smolinski also scored.

Tommy Salo made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 14 of 18.

Goals
NYI	0	3	1	4	18
PIT	1	1	0	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Jaromir Jagr (23)Ron Francis (40), Stu Barnes (22)0–117:23 PIT ·

2nd period

Paul Kruse (5)Robert Reichel (30), Bryan Smolinski (25)1–107:52 NYI
Ziggy Palffy (28)Robert Reichel (31), Bryan Berard (18)2–112:06 NYI ·
Paul Kruse (6)Unassisted3–113:36 NYI
Stu Barnes (21)Jaromir Jagr (42), Ron Francis (41)3–214:59 PIT ·

3rd period

Bryan Smolinski (10)Bryan Berard (19), Dan Plante (1)4–208:17 NYI

Team stats

NYIPIT

1830

45%55%

1/22/4

128

1617

1313

311

107

Penalties

16:51 into the first periodDan Plante · holding stick obstruction2 min
20:00 into the first periodTravis Green · roughing2 min
20:00 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
4:34 into the second periodSergei Nemchinov · holding obstruction2 min
10:59 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · holding obstruction2 min
14:02 into the second periodTravis Green · holding obstruction2 min
15:14 into the second periodPaul Kruse · roughing2 min
15:14 into the second periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
15:14 into the second periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
5:25 into the third periodPaul Kruse · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

15Bryan SmolinskiC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	50	0	2	23	19:30
21Robert ReichelC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	67	0	0	21	17:10
24Paul KruseL	2	0	2	+3	2	3	0	4	–	0	1	17	14:16
34Bryan BerardD	0	2	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	0	1	20	17:55
16Ziggy PalffyR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	17:30
42Dan PlanteR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	0	1	19	17:09
8Steve WebbR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	11	05:09
14Tom ChorskeR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	18:27
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	43	0	0	21	19:19
18Mike HoughL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	14:02
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	1	0	9	06:33
39Travis GreenC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	29	1	0	20	14:20
44Todd BertuzziR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	8	06:30
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	–	0	2	23	17:40
4Bryan McCabeD	0	0	0	+2	1	3	1	0	–	0	0	30	28:55
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	0	1	27	21:38
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	0	2	31	26:04
43Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	11	05:58

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

10Ron FrancisC	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	57	0	0	21	24:41
14Stu BarnesC	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	67	2	0	24	26:20
68Jaromir JagrR	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	24	27:21
16Eddie OlczykR	0	0	0	−2	7	2	0	0	50	0	1	19	16:46
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	40	1	0	19	15:32
29Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	2	01:21
33Alex HicksL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	13:17
38Andreas JohanssonL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	8	04:45
44Rob BrownR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	15	11:32
82Martin StrakaC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	21	17:26
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	1	1	16	12:37
2Chris TamerD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	2	4	–	0	1	17	13:18
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	0	1	23	28:47
5Brad WerenkaD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	21	18:09
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	2	4	–	0	0	17	12:05
23Fredrik OlaussonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	2	0	22	24:12
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	01:21
71Jiri SlegrD	0	0	0	−1	3	3	1	0	–	1	2	23	19:05

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
31Ken WreggetG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tom BarrassoG	L	18	14	4	.778	57:47