New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2003 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Islanders 33–28.
Mike Rupp scored twice. Michael Peca, Kenny Jonsson, John Madden, Trent Hunter, Jason Blake, Sergei Brylin and Alexei Yashin also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rupp (4)Grant Marshall (2), Scott Gomez (12)1–005:52 NJD- Mike Rupp (5)Brian Rafalski (15), Grant Marshall (3)2–008:43 NJD
Michael Peca (4)Trent Hunter (8)2–112:46 NYI
2nd period
Kenny Jonsson (1)Michael Peca (12)2–200:23 NYI
John Madden (5)Unassisted3–204:43 NJD
Trent Hunter (12)Roman Hamrlik (10), Alexei Yashin (11)3–309:37 NYI ·
3rd period
Jason Blake (7)Oleg Kvasha (10), Kenny Jonsson (5)3–413:55 NYI · 
Sergei Brylin (4)Colin White (4)4–414:12 NJD · 
Alexei Yashin (10)Mariusz Czerkawski (8), Oleg Kvasha (11)4–514:25 NYI
Team stats
NJDNYI
3328
43%57%
1/41/3
68
2227
1418
1618
510
Penalties
- 13:41 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 14:46 into the first period
Jason Blake · interference2 min - 18:17 into the first periodScott Gomez · high sticking2 min
- 8:45 into the second periodErik Rasmussen · high sticking2 min
- 15:19 into the second periodMariusz Czerkawski · holding2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodAdrian Aucoin · high sticking2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodJanne Niinimaa · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.