Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2000 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Islanders 7–5 on Saturday, December 23, 2000 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Blue Jackets outshot the Islanders 28–27.
Geoff Sanderson scored twice and Serge Aubin scored twice. Garry Galley, Espen Knutsen, Mariusz Czerkawski, Taylor Pyatt, Kevin Dineen, Mark Lawrence, Steve Heinze and Mark Parrish also scored.
Ron Tugnutt made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Galley (3)Dave Scatchard (8), Claude Lapointe (11)0–101:23 NYI
Espen Knutsen (4)Petteri Nummelin (6), Geoff Sanderson (13)1–102:45 CBJ · 
Mariusz Czerkawski (10)Garry Galley (6), Mike Stapleton (4)1–213:25 NYI ·
2nd period
Taylor Pyatt (4)Oleg Kvasha (3)1–305:12 NYI · 
Kevin Dineen (5)Serge Aubin (8), Bruce Gardiner (8)2–306:34 CBJ
Geoff Sanderson (13)Steve Heinze (7), Espen Knutsen (12)3–309:06 CBJ · 
Mark Lawrence (2)Claude Lapointe (12)3–414:29 NYI
Steve Heinze (10)Petteri Nummelin (7), Espen Knutsen (13)4–417:16 CBJ ·
3rd period
Serge Aubin (6)Kevyn Adams (8), Deron Quint (5)5–408:24 CBJ
Mark Parrish (9)Branislav Mezei (1), Mariusz Czerkawski (15)5–514:02 NYI- Geoff Sanderson (14)Espen Knutsen (14)6–516:22 CBJ
- Serge Aubin (7)Steve Heinze (8), Bruce Gardiner (9)7–519:52 CBJ ·
Team stats
CBJNYI
2827
55%45%
3/52/3
610
3042
1213
38
45
Penalties
- 1:57 into the first period
Taylor Pyatt · boarding2 min - 5:15 into the first periodBranislav Mezei · high sticking2 min
- 13:01 into the first period
Tyler Wright · hooking2 min - 16:51 into the first periodSteve Heinze · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:39 into the second periodAlexander Selivanov · slashing2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodOleg Kvasha · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodEvgeny Korolev · holding2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodMark Lawrence · cross checking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 21Espen KnutsenC | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:15 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:38 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 42Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:37 |
| 7Deron QuintD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:38 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 15Mike ManelukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 22Chris NielsenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 4Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 5Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:15 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |
New York Islanders
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 19:36 |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 29:37 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 07:40 |
| 17Taylor PyattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 24Mark LawrenceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 27Mark ParrishR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 2Branislav MezeiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 11Bill MuckaltR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 26Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 06:28 |
| 44Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:47 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:21 |
| 6Mathieu BironD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 32Aris BrimanisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 36Evgeny KorolevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |