Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Wednesday, February 4, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–4

27–24

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 27–24.

Goals came from Martin Rucinsky, Bryan McCabe, Ziggy Palffy, Patrick Poulin, Bryan Smolinski and Mike Hough.

Tommy Salo made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 20 of 24.

Goals
MTL	0	2	0	2	27
NYI	0	2	2	4	24

Scoring

2nd period

Martin Rucinsky (18)Vincent Damphousse (28), Vladimir Malakhov (19)1–003:01 MTL ·
Bryan McCabe (3)Unassisted1–103:58 NYI ·
Ziggy Palffy (29)Tom Chorske (16), Bryan McCabe (8)1–211:01 NYI ·
Patrick Poulin (5)Vincent Damphousse (29), Turner Stevenson (4)2–218:18 MTL

3rd period

Bryan Smolinski (11)Todd Bertuzzi (11), Tom Chorske (17)2–310:48 NYI
Mike Hough (3)Ziggy Palffy (24), Bryan McCabe (9)2–414:43 NYI

Team stats

MTLNYI

2724

53%47%

0/42/3

810

1021

115

214

Penalties

0:30 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · slashing2 min
7:00 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · hooking obstruction2 min
1:59 into the second periodPatrice Brisebois · boarding2 min
10:34 into the second periodBrian Savage · tripping2 min
11:30 into the second periodBryan Smolinski · tripping2 min
4:05 into the third periodJason Strudwick · interference obstruction2 min
12:40 into the third periodMark Recchi · elbowing2 min
18:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · roughing2 min
18:08 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

25Vincent DamphousseC	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	63	1	1	26	18:38
23Turner StevensonR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	9	06:52
26Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	22	16:55
37Patrick PoulinL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	14	09:57
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	–	1	0	29	25:02
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	0	0	25	22:55
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	70	1	0	23	20:34
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	44	0	0	15	10:41
24Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	5	05:02
27Shayne CorsonL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	1	0	27	23:17
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	0	0	11	09:10
44Jonas HoglundR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	11	09:30
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	–	1	0	21	16:50
3Zarley ZalapskiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	15	12:27
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	25	18:24
22Dave MansonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	3	0	25	21:18
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	2	–	0	0	23	21:54
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	1	0	15	12:29

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
35Andy MoogG	L	24	20	4	.833	58:07
41Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

4Bryan McCabeD	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	–	0	1	32	29:53
14Tom ChorskeR	0	2	2	−1	3	1	1	0	–	0	0	27	19:15
16Ziggy PalffyR	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	22	22:00
15Bryan SmolinskiC	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	2	38	0	3	22	17:41
18Mike HoughL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	0	0	21	16:52
44Todd BertuzziR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	6	–	0	1	14	08:31
8Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	0	0	8	05:50
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	36	1	0	21	18:30
21Robert ReichelC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	69	1	0	15	12:07
24Paul KruseL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	12	08:08
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	5	05:34
39Travis GreenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	23	17:55
42Dan PlanteR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	0	1	17	14:23
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	0	2	27	24:08
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	31	26:45
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	1	2	01:08
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	0	2	23	23:15
43Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	1	17	12:41

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00