🏝️ Away Islanders 19-18-1 before this game

1–5

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 23-12-4 before this game

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

Islanders at Penguins

Penguins beat Islanders 5–1 at PPG Paints Arena on December 29, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Dec 29, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Jaromir Jagr

1 G, 3 A

5 shots · 22:14 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Ron Francis

3 G

8 shots · 20:35 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Stu Barnes

2 A

21:07 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI PIT🐧

20 Shots on goal 43

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

8 Hits 13

8 Blocked shots 5

7 Takeaways 13

7 Giveaways 13

38 Penalty minutes 45

NYI shooting 5.0% (1/20) PIT shooting 11.6% (5/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Eric Fichaud

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 29:35 TOI

Tommy Salo

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 30:25 TOI

🐧Penguins

Peter Skudra

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 40:00 TOI

Tom Barrasso

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 19-18-1 (50% win rate, 38 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 23-12-4 (59% win rate, 39 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 19-18-1 (50% win rate, 38 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 23-12-4 (59% win rate, 39 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Green · Reichel · Palffy 19:45

L2 Nemchinov · Smolinski · Chorske 17:15

L3 Haggerty · Hough · Bertuzzi 12:16

L4 Kruse · Lapointe · Czerkawski 9:33

D1 Jonsson · Berard 25:07

D2 McCabe · Lachance 22:44

D3 Pilon · Chara 12:12

🐧Penguins

L1 Barnes · Francis · Jagr 21:07

L2 Johansson · Lang · Brown 14:11

L3 Dome · Wright · Ferraro 8:55

L4 Ferraro · Straka 8:26

D1 Hatcher · Slegr 22:27

D2 Werenka · Kasparaitis 19:07

D3 Olausson · Tamer 16:45

D4 Moran 15:26

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ NYI vs PIT, answered

Who won Islanders vs Penguins on December 29, 1997?

Penguins won 5–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Penguins?

The final score was Islanders 1, Penguins 5.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Eric Fichaud made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Peter Skudra made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Penguins season series?

Penguins 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 27

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 27

Also on December 29, 1997

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