Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Saturday, December 26, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 27–21.
Goals came from Ziggy Palffy, Trevor Linden, Chris Taylor, Dmitri Khristich, Mike Watt and Claude Lapointe.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (1)Zdeno Chara (3)0–106:57 NYI
Trevor Linden (11)Mariusz Czerkawski (8), Kenny Jonsson (7)0–210:54 NYI ·
2nd period
Chris Taylor (3)Ray Bourque (18), Peter Ferraro (3)1–208:35 BOS
3rd period
Dmitri Khristich (15)Jason Allison (22)2–204:15 BOS
Mike Watt (5)Kevin Miller (5), Mark Lawrence (4)2–309:50 NYI
Claude Lapointe (9)Trevor Linden (13)2–414:51 NYI ·
Team stats
BOSNYI
2721
47%53%
0/31/5
106
2024
155
36
35
Penalties
- 10:39 into the first period
Ken Belanger · hooking obstruction2 min - 17:10 into the first period
Barry Richter · tripping2 min - 19:39 into the first periodDon Sweeney · cross checking2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodBryan Smolinski · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:08 into the second periodJoe Thornton · boarding2 min
- 6:50 into the third periodPeter Ferraro · boarding2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 13:12 into the third periodEric Brewer · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.