4–2

Final

🏝️ Home Islanders 2-2-0 before this game

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

Oilers at Islanders

Oilers beat Islanders 4–2 at UBS Arena on October 21, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Oct 21, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🛢️ EDM

Boyd Devereaux

2 G

4 shots · 12:54 TOI · +2

2nd star 🛢️ EDM

Doug Weight

2 A

2 shots · 19:08 TOI

3rd star 🛢️ EDM

Kelly Buchberger

2 A

15:18 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🛢️ Pat Falloon PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:38

Assists: Doug Weight, Roman Hamrlik

1–0

2nd period

🛢️ Bill Guerin PP 2nd · 07:05

Assists: Doug Weight, Andrei Kovalenko

2–0

🛢️ Boyd Devereaux 2nd · 12:08

Assists: Kelly Buchberger, Rem Murray

3–0

3rd period

🏝️ Trevor Linden 3rd · 09:15

Assists: Bryan Smolinski, Claude Lapointe

3–1

🏝️ Kenny Jonsson PP 3rd · 16:42

Assists: Robert Reichel, Bryan Smolinski

3–2

🛢️ Boyd Devereaux Empty net 3rd · 19:34

Assists: Kelly Buchberger, Mike Grier

4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🛢️EDM NYI🏝️

30 Shots on goal 30

2/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

22 Hits 19

13 Blocked shots 9

8 Takeaways 10

9 Giveaways 8

21 Penalty minutes 25

EDM shooting 13.3% (4/30) NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🛢️Oilers

Mikhail Shtalenkov

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:59 TOI

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

26/29

.897 SV% · 3 GA · 59:26 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–0

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🛢️Oilers

L1 Weight · Guerin · Kovalenko 17:58

L2 Marchant · Falloon · Buchberger 15:18

L3 Murray · Devereaux · McAmmond 11:29

L4 Smyth · Grier · Brown 8:56

D1 Hamrlik · Niinimaa 23:24

D2 McSorley · Millar 18:33

D3 Poti · Brown 11:48

🏝️Islanders

L1 Linden · Lapointe · Smolinski 19:11

L2 Sacco · Nemchinov · Reichel 13:26

L3 Miller · Czerkawski · Dawe 12:35

L4 Odjick · Watt · Belanger 10:44

D1 Jonsson · Berard 28:18

D2 Richter · Lachance 22:29

D3 Harlock · Brewer 11:11

⚔️ Last meetings

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

4–4 (OT) · Oilers won

❓ EDM vs NYI, answered

Who won Oilers vs Islanders on October 21, 1998?

Oilers won 4–2.

What was the final score of Oilers vs Islanders?

The final score was Oilers 4, Islanders 2.

Who scored for Oilers?

Boyd Devereaux (2), Bill Guerin, Pat Falloon.

Who scored for Islanders?

Kenny Jonsson, Trevor Linden.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Mikhail Shtalenkov made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Islanders season series?

Oilers 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

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Oct 20

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Oct 17

Also on October 21, 1998

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