🏝️ Away Islanders 18-15-1 before this game

4–3

Final

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

Islanders at Bruins

Islanders beat Bruins 4–3 at TD Garden on December 20, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Dec 20, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 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 Smolinski

3 A

3 shots · 16:21 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Tom Chorske

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 15:46 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Todd Bertuzzi

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 11:55 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BOS🐻

20 Shots on goal 32

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

25 Hits 23

18 Blocked shots 5

3 Takeaways 1

3 Giveaways 4

16 Penalty minutes 18

NYI shooting 20.0% (4/20) BOS shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:08 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 18-15-1 (53% win rate, 34 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 19-13-3 (54% win rate, 35 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 18-15-1 (53% win rate, 34 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 19-13-3 (54% win rate, 35 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Reichel · Green · Palffy 18:37

L2 Hough · Lapointe · Smolinski 16:55

L3 Kruse · Chorske · Bertuzzi 14:37

L4 Orszagh · Belanger · Czerkawski 5:35

D1 Jonsson · Berard 25:36

D2 Lachance · Pilon 20:02

D3 McCabe · Houda 13:35

🐻Bruins

L1 Allison · Khristich · Carter 19:42

L2 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 17:26

L3 Donato · Sullivan · Heinze 16:09

L4 Baumgartner · Mann · Wilson 7:19

D1 Ellett · McLaren 24:27

D2 Sweeney · Bourque 17:38

D3 Van Impe · Gill 9:24

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on December 20, 1997?

Islanders won 4–3.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Bruins?

The final score was Islanders 4, Bruins 3.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

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

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Bruins 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 · Dec 17

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 18

Also on December 20, 1997

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