🏝️ Away Islanders 13-17-1 before this game

2–4

Final

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

Islanders at Coyotes

Coyotes beat Islanders 4–2 on December 20, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Dec 20, 1998 · 14:00 CST 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Coyotes lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌵 PHX

Greg Adams

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 16:41 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Mark Lawrence

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 13:04 TOI · +1

3rd star 🌵 PHX

Keith Tkachuk

1 G

5 shots · 20:20 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🌵 Greg Adams PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:37

Assists: Jyrki Lumme

0–1

🏝️ Mark Lawrence Tying 1st · 17:41

Assists: Claude Lapointe, Bryan Smolinski

1–1

2nd period

🌵 Juha Ylonen Go-ahead 2nd · 02:10

Assists: Greg Adams, Rick Tocchet

1–2

3rd period

🏝️ Eric Brewer Tying 3rd · 09:06

Assists: Kevin Miller, Mark Lawrence

2–2

🌵 Keith Tkachuk PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:40

Assists: Deron Quint, Jeremy Roenick

2–3

🌵 Bob Corkum Empty net 3rd · 19:29

Unassisted

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI PHX🌵

22 Shots on goal 34

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

15 Hits 14

10 Blocked shots 3

9 Takeaways 17

12 Giveaways 24

12 Penalty minutes 10

NYI shooting 9.1% (2/22) PHX shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

30/33

.909 SV% · 3 GA · 59:39 TOI

🌵Coyotes

Nikolai Khabibulin

20/22

.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 13-17-1 (42% win rate, 31 games)

Coyotes

Coyotes — tied after 1st: 20-5-1 (77% win rate, 26 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Coyotes

Coyotes: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Linden · Lapointe · Smolinski 20:47

L2 Watt · Reichel · Czerkawski 16:16

L3 Donato · Sacco · Lawrence 13:04

L4 Nemchinov · Miller · Webb 6:14

D1 Richter · Brewer 23:58

D2 Pilon · Lachance 17:14

D3 Harlock · Chara 14:48

🌵Coyotes

L1 Tkachuk · Adams · Roenick 20:20

L2 Ylonen · Corkum · Drake 15:22

L3 Brière · Tocchet · Doan 12:21

L4 Isbister · Stapleton · Cummins 10:00

D1 Lumme · Numminen 23:25

D2 Carney · Diduck 20:10

D3 Tverdovsky · Quint 16:34

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–3 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs PHX, answered

Who won Islanders vs Coyotes on December 20, 1998?

Coyotes won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Coyotes?

The final score was Islanders 2, Coyotes 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Eric Brewer, Mark Lawrence.

Who scored for Coyotes?

Bob Corkum, Greg Adams, Juha Ylonen, Keith Tkachuk.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Coyotes goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

What is the Islanders vs Coyotes season series?

Coyotes 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 18

🌵Coyotes

Previous game · Dec 17

Also on December 20, 1998

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