The New York Islanders decisively defeated the Florida Panthers, 4 to 1, on December 13, 1997.

Final

Panthers

11-16-5

1

Islanders

13-15-4

4

Team

FLA

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYI

Claude Lapointe (EV) assisted by Paul Kruse and Scott Lachance

Ed Jovanovski (PP) assisted by David Nemirovsky and Kirk Muller

2nd period

FLA

NYI

Ken Belanger (EV) assisted by Travis Green and Mike Hough

3rd period

FLA

NYI

Todd Bertuzzi (EV) assisted by Tom Chorske

Bryan Smolinski (EV) unassisted

Panthers

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Panthers

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mark Fitzpatrick (L) M. Fitzpatrick	0	1	0	27	23	.852	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dave Gagner D. Gagner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ryan Johnson R. Johnson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	1	100.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Washburn S. Washburn	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (W) T. Salo	1	0	0	24	23	.958	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Ken Belanger K. Belanger	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	100.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	+2	4	0	1	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	0	1	+2	0	0	4	25.0