The New York Islanders couldn't pull it off against the Dallas Stars, 3 to 2, on December 21, 1996.

Final

Stars

21-10-3

3

Islanders

11-14-8

2

Team

DAL

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DAL

NYI

Marty McInnis (EV) assisted by Bryan McCabe and Derek King

2nd period

DAL

NYI

Richard Matvichuk (SH) assisted by Jere Lehtinen and Sergei Zubov

3rd period

DAL

NYI

Todd Harvey (EV) assisted by Benoit Hogue and Grant Ledyard

Derek Armstrong (EV) assisted by Dan Plante and Scott Lachance

Joe Nieuwendyk (EV) assisted by Jamie Langenbrunner and Sergei Zubov

Stars

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Stars

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andy Moog (W) A. Moog	1	0	0	21	19	.905	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Todd Harvey T. Harvey	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lalor M. Lalor	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jamie Langenbrunner J. Langenbrunner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jere Lehtinen J. Lehtinen	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Mike Modano M. Modano	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	5	20.0
Dave Reid D. Reid	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	29	26	.897	3	3.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	0	0	-1	0	0