The New York Islanders were defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6 to 3, on March 4, 1997.

Final

Lightning

26-30-7

6

Islanders

21-33-10

3

Team

TBL

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

TBL

NYI

Todd Bertuzzi (EV) assisted by Niklas Andersson and Kenny Jonsson

Dino Ciccarelli (EV) assisted by Daymond Langkow

Chris Gratton (EV) assisted by Patrick Poulin and Rudy Poeschek

2nd period

TBL

NYI

John Cullen (PP) assisted by Dino Ciccarelli and Roman Hamrlik

Rob Zamuner (EV) assisted by John Cullen

Bryan Berard (EV) assisted by Niklas Andersson

Dino Ciccarelli (EV) unassisted

3rd period

TBL

NYI

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Bryan Berard and Niklas Andersson

Chris Gratton (EV-EN) assisted by Rudy Poeschek

Lightning

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Lightning

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rick Tabaracci (W) R. Tabaracci	1	0	0	31	28	.903	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mikael Andersson M. Andersson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Drew Bannister D. Bannister	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	2	1	3	+1	0	0	1	0	4	50.0
Cory Cross C. Cross	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
John Cullen J. Cullen	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	2	0	2	+3	0	0	0	0	4	50.0
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0
Bill Houlder B. Houlder	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Daymond Langkow D. Langkow	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Brantt Myhres B. Myhres	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0
Rudy Poeschek R. Poeschek	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Patrick Poulin P. Poulin	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Toms J. Toms	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Igor Ulanov I. Ulanov	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Wiemer J. Wiemer	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob Zamuner R. Zamuner	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	1	4	25.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	17	13	.765	4	7.80	0	31
Eric Fichaud E. Fichaud				10	9	.900	1	2.19	0	27

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	3	3	+1	2	3	0.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	1	1	2	-1	0	4	25.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	1	0	1	+1	2	2	50.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Steve Webb S. Webb	0	0	0	0	9	1	0.0
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0