The New York Islanders were defeated by the Florida Panthers, 6 to 2, on December 27, 1997.

Final

Panthers

14-20-5

6

Islanders

15-18-5

2

Team

FLA

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYI

Ziggy Palffy (EV) assisted by Sergei Nemchinov and Robert Reichel

2nd period

FLA

NYI

Radek Dvorak (PP) assisted by Robert Svehla and Ed Jovanovski

Steve Washburn (EV) assisted by Rob Niedermayer and Viktor Kozlov

Tom Fitzgerald (EV) assisted by Bill Lindsay and Paul Laus

Kenny Jonsson (EV) assisted by Bryan Smolinski and Todd Bertuzzi

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by Radek Dvorak and Dave Gagner

Radek Dvorak (SH) assisted by Chris Wells

3rd period

FLA

NYI

Tom Fitzgerald (EV) assisted by Chris Wells and Bill Lindsay

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
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	22	20	.909	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	2	1	3	+2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	66.7
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	2	0	2	+2	15	0	0	0	0	1	6	33.3
Dave Gagner D. Gagner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	1	1	+3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	-1	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Washburn S. Washburn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Chris Wells C. Wells	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	23	19	.826	4	4.48	0	54
Eric Fichaud E. Fichaud				4	2	.500	2	18.75	0	6

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Ken Belanger K. Belanger	0	0	0	0	5	0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-4	15	4	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0.0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	1	0	1	-1	0	1	100.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	0	14	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1	0	1	-1	0	6	16.7
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	-1	9	0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0.0