🐳 Away Whalers 2-1-0 before this game
3–1
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 3-1-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
HFD 1113
NYI 0011

Whalers at Islanders

Whalers beat Islanders 3–1 at UBS Arena on October 17, 1996.

🗓 Thu, Oct 17, 1996 · 18:30 CDT 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Kevin Dineen
2 G
3 shots
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Glen Wesley
2 A
1 shots · +2
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Sami Kapanen
1 G
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Kevin Dineen Go-ahead 1st · 12:56
Assists: Andrew Cassels, Glen Wesley
1–0
2nd period
🐳 Kevin Dineen PP 2nd · 13:17
Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Glen Wesley
2–0
3rd period
🏝️ Derek King 3rd · 09:53
Assists: Travis Green, Kenny Jonsson
2–1
🐳 Sami Kapanen 3rd · 10:14
Assists: Keith Primeau, Andrei Nikolishin
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD NYI🏝️
23 Shots on goal 21
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
21 Penalty minutes 11
HFD shooting 13.0% (3/23) NYI shooting 4.8% (1/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
Jason Muzzatti
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Tommy Soderstrom
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:26 TOI
Tommy Salo
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–0
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 30, 1996
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
1–3 · Whalers won
Jan 17, 1996
🐳HFD @ 🏝️NYI
6–3 · Whalers won
Dec 16, 1995
🐳HFD @ 🏝️NYI
3–3 (OT) · Whalers won
Dec 6, 1995
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
4–7 · Whalers won
Mar 25, 1995
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
1–5 · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs NYI, answered

Who won Whalers vs Islanders on October 17, 1996?

Whalers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Islanders?

The final score was Whalers 3, Islanders 1.

Who scored for Whalers?

Kevin Dineen (2), Sami Kapanen.

Who scored for Islanders?

Derek King.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Jason Muzzatti made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Soderstrom made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Islanders season series?

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Oct 12
🐳HFD @ 🐆FLA
0–6 · FLA won
Next game · Oct 19
😈NJD @ 🐳HFD
2–6 · HFD won
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Oct 12
🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI
1–5 · NYI won
Next game · Oct 19
🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET
2–4 · DET won
Also on October 17, 1996
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 final
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
1–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🎵STL
1–6 final
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
6–1 final
🐆FLA @ 🏔️COL
2–1 final
🐻BOS @ 👑LAK
2–4 final
Whalers season page Islanders season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule