Colorado Avalanche vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–1

22–32

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Islanders 2–1 on Tuesday, December 8, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Avalanche 32–22.

Goals came from Cam Russell, Mariusz Czerkawski and Peter Forsberg.

Patrick Roy made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 20 of 22.

Goals
COL	1	0	1	2	22
NYI	0	1	0	1	32

Scoring

1st period

Cam Russell (1)Milan Hejduk (11), Joe Sakic (20)1–007:35 COL

2nd period

Mariusz Czerkawski (7)Bryan Smolinski (10), Kevin Miller (3)1–114:21 NYI

3rd period

Peter Forsberg (8)Unassisted2–105:51 COL

Team stats

COLNYI

2232

44%56%

0/20/5

159

1513

167

Penalties

9:02 into the first periodMilan Hejduk · interference2 min
12:34 into the first periodWade Belak · interference2 min
4:43 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · elbowing2 min
4:43 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · fighting5 min
4:43 into the second periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
8:57 into the second periodChris Drury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:48 into the second periodBryan Berard · hooking2 min
15:23 into the second periodRich Pilon · cross checking2 min
13:36 into the third periodCam Russell · holding obstruction2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

19Joe SakicC	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	43	0	0	38	28:53
21Peter ForsbergC	1	0	1	+2	3	1	1	0	50	0	1	32	23:57
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	2	–	0	1	27	21:02
4Cam RussellD	1	0	1	0	1	4	2	2	–	0	0	31	16:48
6Wade BelakR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	0	0	15	09:12
12Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	8	04:21
13Valeri KamenskyL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	50	1	0	21	12:00
16Warren RychelL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	5	01:14
18Adam DeadmarshR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	7	–	0	0	24	18:27
20Rene CorbetL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	43	0	0	24	11:23
22Claude LemieuxR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	0	1	25	19:19
27Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	00:31
36Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	12	05:45
37Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	46	1	0	25	14:35
2Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	0	0	32	27:55
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	0	0	31	25:33
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	0	0	30	21:11
43Dan SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	10:16

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
33Patrick RoyG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

11Kevin MillerC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	19	14:54
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	20	1	0	23	24:23
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	0	0	18	14:48
8Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	0	0	7	04:02
12Mike WattL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	1	12	08:29
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	58	0	0	21	19:19
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	14	13:55
15Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	21:17
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	40	1	0	11	07:18
21Robert ReichelC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	73	0	1	25	25:46
32Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	−1	4	2	1	0	100	0	0	26	26:52
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	7	–	1	0	23	15:16
3Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	15	13:39
4Eric BrewerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	12:18
6David HarlockD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	5	04:58
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	3	0	–	0	0	25	20:21
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	0	0	24	25:05
38Barry RichterD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	23:35

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	L	22	20	2	.909	59:40