The New York Islanders were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 6 to 3, on October 8, 1997.

Final

Capitals

4-0-0

6

Islanders

1-1-1

3

Team

WSH

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYI

Adam Oates (SH) assisted by Mark Tinordi

Jaroslav Svejkovsky (EV) assisted by Calle Johansson and Adam Oates

Adam Oates (EV) assisted by Brendan Witt and Joe Juneau

Robert Reichel (PP) assisted by Todd Bertuzzi and Bryan Berard

2nd period

WSH

NYI

Kenny Jonsson (PP) assisted by Bryan Smolinski and Bryan Berard

3rd period

WSH

NYI

Adam Oates (PP) assisted by Joe Juneau and Phil Housley

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

Craig Berube (EV) assisted by Adam Oates and Joe Juneau

Peter Bondra (EV-EN) unassisted

Capitals

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	34	31	.912	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Jan Benda J. Benda	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	3	3	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	3	2	5	+4	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	100.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jaroslav Svejkovsky J. Svejkovsky	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	1	1	+3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Zednik R. Zednik	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	2	2	-3	0	0	2	4	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	1	1	-1	14	0	1	1	0.0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	4	25.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Warren Luhning W. Luhning	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	5	20.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	3	0.0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	1	1	2	-2	0	1	1	5	20.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	2	2	-3	0	0	2	2	0.0
Dennis Vaske D. Vaske	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0