🏝️ Away Islanders 6-6-0 before this game

2–4

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 6-5-0 before this game

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

Islanders at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Islanders 4–2 at Bell Centre on November 7, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Nov 7, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

2 G, 2 A

3 shots · 20:49 TOI · -1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Patrice Brisebois

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 22:09 TOI · -1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Shayne Corson

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 21:22 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:58

Assists: Patrice Brisebois, Vladimir Malakhov

0–1

🏝️ Claude Lapointe Tying 1st · 09:24

Assists: Barry Richter, Scott Lachance

1–1

2nd period

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi PP Go-ahead 2nd · 09:02

Assists: Shayne Corson, Vincent Damphousse

1–2

🇨🇦 Shayne Corson PP 2nd · 18:34

Assists: Mark Recchi, Dave Manson

1–3

3rd period

🏝️ Bryan Berard 3rd · 07:23

Assists: Kenny Jonsson

2–3

🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois PP Empty net 3rd · 19:49

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Mark Recchi

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI MTL🇨🇦

30 Shots on goal 23

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 4/7

24 Hits 21

17 Blocked shots 14

6 Takeaways 12

23 Giveaways 31

56 Penalty minutes 34

NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30) MTL shooting 17.4% (4/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

19/22

.864 SV% · 3 GA · 59:14 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 6-6 (50% win rate, 12 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 6-5 (55% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Linden · Smolinski · Reichel 24:09

L2 Watt · Lapointe · Czerkawski 16:21

L3 Sacco · Nemchinov · Dawe 10:41

L4 Odjick · Miller · Lawrence 4:10

D1 Jonsson · Berard 28:44

D2 Lachance · Richter 17:38

D3 Harlock · Pilon 13:42

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Rucinsky · Corson · Damphousse 21:25

L2 Brunet · Poulin · Recchi 18:46

L3 Zholtok · McCleary · Stevenson 12:26

L4 Morissette · Higgins 0:55

D1 Malakhov · Brisebois 23:58

D2 Quintal · Ulanov 18:34

D3 Rivet · Clark 14:10

D4 Manson 11:58

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Apr 11, 1998

🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL

3–3 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs MTL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Canadiens on November 7, 1998?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Canadiens?

The final score was Islanders 2, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bryan Berard, Claude Lapointe.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi (2), Patrice Brisebois, Shayne Corson.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens 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 · Nov 5

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 4

Also on November 7, 1998

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