The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the New York Islanders, 5 to 2, on October 29, 1997.

Final

Islanders

4-5-2

5

Canadiens

6-4-2

2

Team

NYI

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

MTL

Travis Green (PP) assisted by Robert Reichel and Bryan Berard

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu and Shayne Corson

2nd period

NYI

MTL

Ziggy Palffy (PP) assisted by Bryan McCabe and Bryan Berard

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Mariusz Czerkawski and Scott Lachance

Bryan Berard (PP) assisted by Ziggy Palffy and Robert Reichel

3rd period

NYI

MTL

Mike Hough (EV) assisted by Claude Lapointe and Tom Chorske

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Martin Rucinsky

Islanders

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eric Fichaud (W) E. Fichaud	1	0	0	23	21	.913	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Ken Belanger K. Belanger	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	50.0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Warren Luhning W. Luhning	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	100.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	2	50.0
Dennis Vaske D. Vaske	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	26	21	.808	5	5.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.0
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	1	1	0	2	0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	0	0	0	4	3	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	2	0	2	+2	0	3	66.7
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	1	1	0	2	3	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	5	0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	0	0	0	2	0