🏝️ Away Islanders 20-24-3 before this game

2–5

Final

🪶 Home Blackhawks 21-19-7 before this game

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

Islanders at Blackhawks

Blackhawks beat Islanders 5–2 at United Center on January 20, 1998.

🗓 Tue, Jan 20, 1998 · 19:30 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🪶 CHI

Dimitri Nabokov

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 17:14 TOI · +2

2nd star 🪶 CHI

Gary Suter

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 22:49 TOI · +1

3rd star 🪶 CHI

Tony Amonte

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 22:57 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI CHI🪶

30 Shots on goal 31

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

19 Hits 16

8 Blocked shots 11

4 Takeaways 7

15 Giveaways 18

17 Penalty minutes 15

NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30) CHI shooting 16.1% (5/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Wade Flaherty

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 14:05 TOI

Tommy Salo

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 45:55 TOI

🪶Blackhawks

Andrei Trefilov

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 15:29 TOI

Jeff Hackett

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 44:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 20-24-3 (43% win rate, 47 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 21-19-7 (45% win rate, 47 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 20-24-3 (43% win rate, 47 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 21-19-7 (45% win rate, 47 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Green · Palffy · Chorske 19:56

L2 Nemchinov · Smolinski · Reichel 18:24

L3 Lapointe · Miller · Bertuzzi 12:50

L4 Kruse · Hough · Jackson 5:01

D1 Berard · McCabe 27:28

D2 Lachance · Pilon 20:56

D3 Strudwick · Jonsson 11:16

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Zhamnov · Johnson · Amonte 21:45

L2 Daze · Miller · Nabokov 17:14

L3 Leroux · Shantz · Dubinsky 13:53

L4 Simpson · Cummins · Mills 3:35

D1 Chelios · Suter 24:44

D2 Weinrich · Carney 20:43

D3 Russell · Laflamme 14:12

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–3 (OT) · Blackhawks won

❓ NYI vs CHI, answered

Who won Islanders vs Blackhawks on January 20, 1998?

Blackhawks won 5–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Islanders 2, Blackhawks 5.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Wade Flaherty made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Andrei Trefilov made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Blackhawks season series?

Blackhawks 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Jan 14

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Jan 15

Also on January 20, 1998

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