🏔️ Away Avalanche 13-11-0 before this game

2–1

Final

🏝️ Home Islanders 10-16-0 before this game

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

Avalanche at Islanders

Avalanche beat Islanders 2–1 at UBS Arena on December 8, 1998.

🗓 Tue, Dec 8, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

1 G

3 shots · 23:57 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Cam Russell

1 G

1 shots · 16:48 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 A

4 shots · 28:53 TOI · +2

4rd star 🏔️ COL

Patrick Roy

31 saves

0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Cam Russell Go-ahead 1st · 07:35

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Joe Sakic

1–0

2nd period

🏝️ Mariusz Czerkawski Tying 2nd · 14:21

Assists: Bryan Smolinski, Kevin Miller

1–1

3rd period

🏔️ Peter Forsberg Go-ahead 3rd · 05:51

Unassisted

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL NYI🏝️

22 Shots on goal 32

15 Hits 13

16 Blocked shots 7

3 Takeaways 3

4 Giveaways 3

15 Penalty minutes 9

COL shooting 9.1% (2/22) NYI shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

31/32

.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

20/22

.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:40 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 13-11 (54% win rate, 24 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 10-16 (38% win rate, 26 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Hejduk 23:57

L2 Drury · Lemieux · Deadmarsh 18:27

L3 Kamensky · Corbet · Belak 11:23

L4 Rychel · Odgers · Donovan 4:21

L5 Parker 0:31

D1 Lefebvre · Miller 26:44

D2 De Vries · Russell 19:00

D3 Smith 10:16

🏝️Islanders

L1 Linden · Reichel · Smolinski 25:46

L2 Donato · Lapointe · Miller 19:19

L3 Sacco · Watt · Czerkawski 13:55

L4 Nemchinov · Webb 5:40

D1 Berard · Richter 24:20

D2 Lachance · Pilon 17:48

D3 Chara · Brewer 12:58

D4 Harlock 4:58

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ COL vs NYI, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Islanders on December 8, 1998?

Avalanche won 2–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Islanders?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Islanders 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Cam Russell, Peter Forsberg.

Who scored for Islanders?

Mariusz Czerkawski.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Islanders season series?

Avalanche 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 5

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 5

Also on December 8, 1998

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