Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 9, 1999 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Thursday, December 9, 1999 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 30–29.
Martin Rucinsky scored twice. Benoit Brunet, Brad Isbister, Sergei Zholtok and Vladimir Orszagh also scored.
Jeff Hackett made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Rucinsky (12)Benoit Brunet (1)1–007:55 MTL · 
Benoit Brunet (1)Craig Rivet (3), Martin Rucinsky (9)2–011:24 MTL
Brad Isbister (9)Tim Connolly (6)2–119:41 NYI
2nd period
Sergei Zholtok (7)Oleg Petrov (9), Dainius Zubrus (7)3–102:37 MTL · 
Vladimir Orszagh (1)Josh Green (2), Jorgen Jonsson (4)3–210:06 NYI
3rd period
- Martin Rucinsky (13)Shayne Corson (5)4–212:21 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
2930
58%42%
2/50/5
1616
826
129
16
86
Penalties
- 6:29 into the first period
Mariusz Czerkawski · holding obstruction2 min - 14:04 into the first period
Eric Weinrich · hooking obstruction2 min - 16:08 into the first periodEric Brewer · elbowing2 min
- 1:42 into the second periodTim Connolly · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:27 into the second periodMatt Higgins · interference2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodOleg Petrov · hooking2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodMike Watt · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the second periodJamie Heward · holding2 min
- 11:02 into the third periodSergei Zholtok · roughing2 min
- 11:02 into the third periodBrad Isbister · roughing2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodCraig Darby · roughing2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodKarl Dykhuis · hooking2 min
- 19:41 into the third periodEric Weinrich · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the third periodMats Lindgren · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 18:39 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 32Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 34Sergei ZholtokC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:23 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:06 |
| 29Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:47 |
| 46Matt HigginsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:40 |
| 63Craig DarbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 26:54 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:44 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 48Miloslav GurenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:44 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 15Brad IsbisterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 16Vladimir OrszaghL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:10 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 25Josh GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 12:05 |
| 32Jorgen JonssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 10Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 11Jason KrogC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 12Mike WattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:54 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:08 |
| 62Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 20Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:56 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:10 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 34Mathieu BironD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Felix PotvinG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |