Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Sunday, March 1, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Sunday, March 1, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 28–25.
Tim Taylor scored twice and Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Kenny Jonsson, Jason Allison, Steve Heinze, Sergei Samsonov and Trevor Linden also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 14 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Kenny Jonsson (11)Bryan Berard (21), Ziggy Palffy (26)0–106:19 NYI ·
2nd period
Jason Allison (22)Ted Donato (18)1–110:05 BOS
Tim Taylor (14)P.J. Axelsson (12), Ray Bourque (23)2–111:50 BOS
Ziggy Palffy (31)Bryan Smolinski (26), Kenny Jonsson (16)2–218:29 NYI ·
3rd period
Steve Heinze (15)Joe Thornton (3), Anson Carter (21)3–202:06 BOS- Tim Taylor (15)Landon Wilson (1)4–202:44 BOS
- Ziggy Palffy (32)Trevor Linden (16), Kenny Jonsson (17)4–304:11 NYI ·
Sergei Samsonov (12)Dmitri Khristich (19), Dave Ellett (14)5–304:40 BOS
Trevor Linden (8)Tom Chorske (18), Bryan Berard (22)5–417:27 NYI
Team stats
BOSNYI
2528
46%54%
0/73/6
1719
1523
911
239
916
Penalties
- 5:35 into the first period
Kyle McLaren · interference obstruction2 min - 8:07 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 8:07 into the first period
Jason Strudwick · fighting5 min - 9:06 into the first periodJoe Sacco · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:23 into the first periodTrevor Linden · elbowing2 min
- 7:26 into the second periodMike Sullivan · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodTom Chorske · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · cross checking2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodRay Bourque · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodDave Ellett · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:23 into the third periodTim Taylor · holding obstruction2 min
- 5:13 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · tripping obstruction2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodKenny Jonsson · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:39 into the third periodHal Gill · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 26Tim TaylorC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:15 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:22 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 6 | 16:23 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:14 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 4 | 22:54 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 1 | 25:04 |
| 32Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 25:09 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:23 |
| 8Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 10Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 12Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:45 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 43Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 19 | 5 | .737 |