🏝️ Away Islanders 19-19-1 before this game

1–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 25-6-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	1
COL	0	0	0	3

Islanders at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Islanders 3–1 at Ball Arena on December 31, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Dec 31, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Eric Lacroix

2 A

1 shots · 17:03 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Rene Corbet

2 A

1 shots · 09:25 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Claude Lemieux

1 G

6 shots · 16:38 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI COL🏔️

25 Shots on goal 29

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3

11 Hits 10

5 Blocked shots 18

12 Takeaways 10

2 Giveaways 7

18 Penalty minutes 18

NYI shooting 4.0% (1/25) COL shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Eric Fichaud

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:15 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 19-19-1 (49% win rate, 39 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 25-6-9 (62% win rate, 40 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 19-19-1 (49% win rate, 39 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 25-6-9 (62% win rate, 40 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Nemchinov · Reichel · Palffy 18:59

L2 Green · Smolinski · Chorske 15:54

L3 Haggerty · Lapointe · Jackson 10:02

L4 Hough · Kruse · Bertuzzi 8:23

D1 Lachance · Berard 24:56

D2 Jonsson · McCabe 21:22

D3 Pilon · Strudwick 10:30

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Deadmarsh 20:25

L2 Lacroix · Kurri · Lemieux 17:03

L3 Messier · Yelle · Donovan 15:34

L4 Corbet · Odgers 9:00

D1 Gusarov · Foote 21:42

D2 Ozolinsh · Lefebvre 18:01

D3 Krupp · Klemm 13:56

D4 Miller 8:39

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ NYI vs COL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Avalanche on December 31, 1997?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Avalanche?

The final score was Islanders 1, Avalanche 3.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Eric Fichaud made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche 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 29

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 29

Also on December 31, 1997

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