🏝️ Away Islanders 5-5-0 before this game

5–2

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 6-2-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	5
MTL	0	0	0	2

Islanders at Canadiens

Islanders beat Canadiens 5–2 at Bell Centre on October 29, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Oct 29, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Bryan Berard

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 18:17 TOI

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Ziggy Palffy

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 18:48 TOI

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Robert Reichel

2 A

4 shots · 16:56 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI MTL🇨🇦

26 Shots on goal 23

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

24 Hits 16

14 Blocked shots 10

7 Takeaways 2

7 Giveaways 16

19 Penalty minutes 19

NYI shooting 19.2% (5/26) MTL shooting 8.7% (2/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Eric Fichaud

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 5-5 (50% win rate, 10 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 6-2-3 (55% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 5-5 (50% win rate, 10 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-2-3 (55% win rate, 11 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Nemchinov · Lapointe · Palffy 18:48

L2 Smolinski · Reichel · Green 16:56

L3 Hough · Czerkawski · Chorske 12:49

L4 Kruse · Belanger · Luhning 7:15

D1 McCabe · Vaske 22:29

D2 Jonsson · Berard 19:44

D3 Lachance · Pilon 17:06

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Rucinsky · Damphousse · Recchi 19:25

L2 Corson · Koivu · Bure 16:16

L3 Brunet · Savage · Richer 14:03

L4 Thornton · Tucker · Stevenson 9:51

D1 Brisebois · Manson 23:45

D2 Quintal · Popovic 20:33

D3 Clark · Rivet 11:48

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

5–5 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs MTL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Canadiens on October 29, 1997?

Islanders won 5–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Canadiens?

The final score was Islanders 5, Canadiens 2.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Eric Fichaud made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Canadiens season series?

Islanders 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Oct 27

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 27

Also on October 29, 1997

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