New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 7–5 on Saturday, December 5, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Islanders 40–25.
Bryan Smolinski scored twice and Ted Donato scored twice. Jason Arnott, Krzysztof Oliwa, Bobby Holik, Barry Richter, Brendan Morrison, Dave Andreychuk, Petr Sykora and Patrik Elias also scored.
Chris Terreri made 20 saves on 25 shots for the win; Wade Flaherty stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Smolinski (6)Trevor Linden (8), Ted Donato (8)0–105:10 NYI · - Bryan Smolinski (7)Trevor Linden (9), Ted Donato (9)0–213:51 NYI ·
2nd period
Jason Arnott (6)Scott Niedermayer (10), Vadim Sharifijanov (3)1–200:57 NJD · 
Krzysztof Oliwa (2)Bobby Holik (11), Ken Daneyko (3)2–202:26 NJD
Bobby Holik (6)Unassisted3–206:30 NJD
Barry Richter (2)Bryan Smolinski (9)3–307:26 NYI
Brendan Morrison (3)Dave Andreychuk (6), Brian Rolston (11)4–313:27 NJD
Dave Andreychuk (8)Vadim Sharifijanov (4), Brendan Morrison (8)5–318:55 NJD
3rd period
Petr Sykora (9)Patrik Elias (7), Scott Niedermayer (11)6–300:59 NJD · 
Ted Donato (2)Trevor Linden (10), Mike Watt (8)6–402:24 NYI- Ted Donato (3)Eric Brewer (4)6–511:04 NYI
Patrik Elias (4)Bobby Holik (12), Petr Sykora (7)7–519:18 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDNYI
4025
51%49%
2/32/2
46
922
1913
711
811
Penalties
- 3:39 into the first period
Jason Arnott · hooking obstruction2 min - 10:23 into the first period
Eric Brewer · hooking obstruction2 min - 13:10 into the first periodJason Arnott · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDavid Harlock · cross checking2 min
- 0:16 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · interference2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 8Vadim SharifijanovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:20 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 09:36 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:39 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:28 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Chris TerreriG | W | 25 | 5 | .800 |
New York Islanders
| 15Ted DonatoL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 32Trevor LindenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 12Mike WattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 38Barry RichterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 8Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 10Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 11Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:29 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 22:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 35Tommy SaloG | 0 | 0 | – |