🏝️ Away Islanders 14-12-1 before this game

3–5

Final

🌪️ Home Hurricanes 12-12-4 before this game

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

Islanders at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Islanders 5–3 at PNC Arena on December 3, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Dec 3, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Sami Kapanen

2 G

4 shots · 16:29 TOI · +1

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Kevin Dineen

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 12:17 TOI · +2

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Geoff Sanderson

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 14:55 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI CAR🌪️

33 Shots on goal 23

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

3 Hits 3

8 Blocked shots 16

2 Takeaways 8

1 Giveaways 3

23 Penalty minutes 29

NYI shooting 9.1% (3/33) CAR shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:49 TOI

🌪️Hurricanes

Sean Burke

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 14-12-1 (52% win rate, 27 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 12-12-4 (43% win rate, 28 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 14-12-1 (52% win rate, 27 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 12-12-4 (43% win rate, 28 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Smolinski · Palffy · Chorske 23:30

L2 Green · Reichel · Bertuzzi 14:22

L3 Hough · Orszagh · Lapointe 12:08

L4 Kruse · Belanger · Czerkawski 5:29

D1 Jonsson · Lachance 24:00

D2 McCabe · Houda 19:47

D3 Berard · Pilon 16:04

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Roberts · Primeau · Kapanen 16:32

L2 Sanderson · Kron · O'Neill 14:55

L3 Manderville · Emerson · Leach 13:25

L4 Ranheim · Grimson · Dineen 12:13

D1 Chiasson · Brown 24:10

D2 Haller · Wesley 18:04

D3 Burt · Leschyshyn 17:29

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Nov 7, 1997

🏝️NYI @ 🌪️CAR

3–2 · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs CAR, answered

Who won Islanders vs Hurricanes on December 3, 1997?

Hurricanes won 5–3.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Islanders 3, Hurricanes 5.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

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

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Hurricanes season series?

Season series tied 1–1 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 2

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Dec 1

Also on December 3, 1997

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