Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Thursday, March 26, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 26–18.
Kevin Hatcher scored twice. Jason Dawe, Kenny Jonsson, Robert Dome, Trevor Linden and Bryan Smolinski also scored.
Tommy Salo made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Peter Skudra stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Hatcher (15)Jaromir Jagr (58), Fredrik Olausson (25)1–006:16 PIT · 
Jason Dawe (20)Vladimir Chebaturkin (1), Rich Pilon (7)1–106:39 NYI
Kenny Jonsson (14)Vladimir Chebaturkin (2)1–209:19 NYI
Robert Dome (3)Martin Straka (22), Chris Tamer (5)2–211:26 PIT- Kevin Hatcher (16)Ron Francis (57), Stu Barnes (32)3–213:24 PIT
2nd period
Trevor Linden (13)Joe Sacco (13), Claude Lapointe (7)3–303:30 NYI
Bryan Smolinski (12)Ziggy Palffy (33)3–418:56 NYI ·
Team stats
PITNYI
2618
57%43%
1/81/2
618
1616
1020
73
711
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Darius Kasparaitis · holding obstruction2 min - 4:52 into the first period
Steve Webb · interference obstruction2 min - 16:18 into the first periodTrevor Linden · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · roughing2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodTom Chorske · roughing2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodTom Chorske · interference2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodSean Pronger · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 10:58 into the third periodZiggy Palffy · high sticking2 min
- 13:53 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodTrevor Linden · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 23:30 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:49 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:41 |
| 15Robert DomeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 07:32 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:24 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 12Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:24 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:43 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 03:01 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:18 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 55Vladimir ChebaturkinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 10Joe SaccoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 32Trevor LindenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:04 |
| 44Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 26:55 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 8Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:47 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:46 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 37Jeff LibbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:43 |
| 60Ray SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |