The New York Islanders lost to the Montreal Canadiens, 8 to 2, on January 8, 1998.

Final

Canadiens

24-16-6

8

Islanders

15-24-5

2

Team

MTL

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYI

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

Bryan McCabe (EV) assisted by Ziggy Palffy

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

2nd period

MTL

NYI

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

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

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

3rd period

MTL

NYI

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

Ziggy Palffy (PP) assisted by Kip Miller

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Patrice Brisebois

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

Canadiens

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andy Moog (W) A. Moog	1	0	0	27	25	.926	2	2.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	2	50.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	+3	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	1	1	+4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	2	2	4	+3	0	1	0	0	3	66.7
Brian Savage B. Savage	4	2	6	+4	2	0	1	1	6	66.7
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	20	15	.750	5	5.87	0	51
Eric Fichaud E. Fichaud				6	3	.500	3	20.26	0	9

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Ken Belanger K. Belanger	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	-3	5	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	50.0
Kip Miller K. Miller	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	6	16.7
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0