The Hartford Whalers were decisively beaten by the New York Islanders, 5 to 2, on January 24, 1997.

Final

Islanders

15-23-9

5

Whalers

19-21-7

2

Team

NYI

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

HFD

Ziggy Palffy (EV) unassisted

Geoff Sanderson (EV) assisted by Keith Primeau and Nelson Emerson

2nd period

NYI

HFD

Derek King (EV) assisted by Marty McInnis and Travis Green

Derek King (EV) assisted by Travis Green

3rd period

NYI

HFD

Derek King (EV) assisted by Marty McInnis

Ziggy Palffy (EV-EN) assisted by Travis Green

Steven Rice (PP) assisted by Glen Wesley and Jeff O'Neill

Islanders

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eric Fichaud (W) E. Fichaud	1	0	0	36	34	.944	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	3	3	+4	2	0	5	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0
Derek King D. King	3	0	3	+3	0	1	4	75.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	2	0	2	+1	0	0	6	33.3
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Webb S. Webb	0	0	0	0	22	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Sean Burke (L) S. Burke	0	1	0	31	27	.871	4	4.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kelly Chase K. Chase	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Gerald Diduck G. Diduck	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Nelson Emerson N. Emerson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Alexander Godynyuk A. Godynyuk	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Stu Grimson S. Grimson	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Robert Kron R. Kron	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kent Manderville K. Manderville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jason McBain J. McBain	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	0
Keith Primeau K. Primeau	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Steven Rice S. Rice	1	0	1	-1	7	1	0	5	20.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	2	0.0