The New Jersey Devils squeaked out a win over the New York Islanders, 4 to 3, on December 26, 1997.

Final

Islanders

15-17-5

3

Devils

24-10-2

4

Team

NYI

NJD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

NJD

Sergei Nemchinov (EV) unassisted

Robert Reichel (EV) assisted by Scott Lachance and Sergei Nemchinov

Randy McKay (EV) assisted by Sheldon Souray and Dave Andreychuk

2nd period

NYI

NJD

Bryan Berard (PP) assisted by Kenny Jonsson

Denis Pederson (PP) assisted by Dave Andreychuk and Lyle Odelein

Scott Stevens (EV) assisted by Bobby Carpenter

3rd period

NYI

NJD

Randy McKay (EV) assisted by Lyle Odelein and Scott Niedermayer

Islanders

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Devils

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	22	18	.818	4	4.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bryan Berard B. Berard	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Vladimir Orszagh V. Orszagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Brodeur (W) M. Brodeur	1	0	0	20	17	.850	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Dean K. Dean	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Patrik Elias P. Elias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Holik B. Holik	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy McKay R. McKay	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	1	4	50.0
Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	2	2	+3	4	0	1	0	0
Denis Pederson D. Pederson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Rolston B. Rolston	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Sheldon Souray S. Souray	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Steve Thomas S. Thomas	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Valeri Zelepukin V. Zelepukin	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0