The New York Islanders took a beating from the Montreal Canadiens, 8 to 2, on January 8, 1998.

Final

Canadiens

24-16-6

8

Islanders

15-24-5

2

Team

MTL

NYI

1

2

1

2

3

0

3

1

Total

8

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYI

Sebastien Bordeleau (EV) assisted by Shayne Corson and Mark Recchi

1

0

Bryan McCabe (EV) assisted by Ziggy Palffy

1

Mark Recchi (PP) assisted by Shayne Corson and Dave Manson

2

1

2nd period

MTL

NYI

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Dave Manson and Stephane Quintal

3

1

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Martin Rucinsky

4

1

Martin Rucinsky (PP) assisted by Brian Savage and Vladimir Malakhov

5

1

3rd period

MTL

NYI

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Martin Rucinsky

6

1

Ziggy Palffy (PP) assisted by Kip Miller

6

2

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Patrice Brisebois

7

2

Martin Rucinsky (EV) assisted by Brian Savage and Vincent Damphousse

8

2

Canadiens

Islanders

Goals

8

2

Shots

26

27

Penalty Minutes

19

32

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

5

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Andy Moog (W)	1	27	2	25	.926	59:48

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Sebastien Bordeleau	1	0	+1	4	2
Patrice Brisebois	0	1	+1	0	0
Benoit Brunet	0	0	0	0	1
Marc Bureau	0	0	0	0	2
Brett Clark	0	0	0	2	0
Shayne Corson	0	2	+2	0	3
Vincent Damphousse	0	3	+4	0	1
Vladimir Malakhov	0	1	+3	2	1
Dave Manson	0	2	+2	0	1
Stephane Quintal	0	1	+4	0	1
Mark Recchi	1	1	+2	0	5
Martin Rucinsky	2	2	+3	0	3
Brian Savage	4	2	+4	2	6
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	7	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Tommy Salo (L)	1	20	5	15	.750	51:07
Eric Fichaud	0	6	3	3	.500	8:53

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Ken Belanger	0	0	0	17	0
Bryan Berard	0	0	-2	2	2
Todd Bertuzzi	0	0	-2	0	1
Tom Chorske	0	0	-2	0	0
Travis Green	0	0	-1	0	1
Doug Houda	0	0	0	2	1
Mike Hough	0	0	-1	0	0
Kenny Jonsson	0	0	-3	0	1
Scott Lachance	0	0	-2	0	2
Claude Lapointe	0	0	-3	5	1
Bryan McCabe	1	0	0	2	2
Kip Miller	0	1	-1	0	1
Sergei Nemchinov	0	0	-1	2	2
Ziggy Palffy	1	1	-2	0	6
Rich Pilon	0	0	-3	2	1
Robert Reichel	0	0	0	0	3
Bryan Smolinski	0	0	-2	0	3