🏝️ Away Islanders 16-11-2 before this game

1–4

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 9-15-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	1	0	0	1
TBL	0	1	3	4

Islanders at Lightning

Lightning beat Islanders 4–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 14, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Dec 14, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚡ TBL

Chris Gratton

2 G

3 shots · +2

2nd star ⚡ TBL

Rob Zamuner

2 A

3rd star ⚡ TBL

Alexander Selivanov

1 G

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🏝️ Paul Kruse Go-ahead 1st · 10:09

Assists: Derek Armstrong, Ziggy Palffy

1–0

2nd period

⚡ Chris Gratton PP Tying 2nd · 16:28

Assists: John Cullen, Roman Hamrlik

1–1

3rd period

⚡ Shawn Burr Go-ahead 3rd · 02:38

Unassisted

1–2

⚡ Alexander Selivanov 3rd · 03:29

Assists: Rob Zamuner

1–3

⚡ Chris Gratton 3rd · 17:21

Assists: Rob Zamuner

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI TBL⚡

18 Shots on goal 36

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

24 Penalty minutes 18

NYI shooting 5.6% (1/18) TBL shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Rick Tabaracci

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 16-11-2 (55% win rate, 29 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 9-15-3 (33% win rate, 27 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Lightning lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Lightning won

❓ NYI vs TBL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Lightning on December 14, 1996?

Lightning won 4–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Lightning?

The final score was Islanders 1, Lightning 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Paul Kruse.

Who scored for Lightning?

Chris Gratton (2), Alexander Selivanov, Shawn Burr.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Rick Tabaracci made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Lightning season series?

Lightning lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 11

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Dec 12

Also on December 14, 1996

Islanders season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule