3–5

Final

🏝️ Home Islanders 6-5-0 before this game

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

Rangers at Islanders

Islanders beat Rangers 5–3 at UBS Arena on October 30, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Oct 30, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Bryan Smolinski

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · 14:25 TOI

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Travis Green

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 22:19 TOI · -1

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Bryan Berard

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 20:28 TOI · -3

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR NYI🏝️

26 Shots on goal 32

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7

11 Hits 15

10 Blocked shots 6

13 Takeaways 14

8 Giveaways 14

35 Penalty minutes 34

NYR shooting 11.5% (3/26) NYI shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Jason Muzzatti

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 30:08 TOI

Mike Richter

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 29:52 TOI

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 1st: 5-5-3 (38% win rate, 13 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 6-5 (55% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 5-5-3 (38% win rate, 13 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 6-5 (55% win rate, 11 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Gretzky · Keane · Sundstrom 20:57

L2 Stevens · LaFontaine · Kovalev 19:19

L3 Berg · Eastwood · Sweeney 12:01

L4 Sevigny · Langdon · Vandenbussche 6:43

D1 Karpovtsev · Samuelsson 22:58

D2 Driver · Leetch 18:24

D3 Finley · Beukeboom 10:04

🏝️Islanders

L1 Nemchinov · Green · Palffy 22:19

L2 Lapointe · Reichel · Smolinski 17:20

L3 Hough · Chorske · Czerkawski 11:48

L4 Kruse · Belanger · Bertuzzi 3:19

D1 Lachance · Jonsson 23:02

D2 McCabe · Berard 20:38

D3 Vaske · Pilon 17:13

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Oct 3, 1997

🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR

2–2 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYR vs NYI, answered

Who won Rangers vs Islanders on October 30, 1997?

Islanders won 5–3.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Islanders?

The final score was Rangers 3, Islanders 5.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

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

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Islanders season series?

Islanders 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

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Oct 28

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Oct 29

Also on October 30, 1997

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