🏝️ Away Islanders 16-27-6 before this game

1–5

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 27-21-1 before this game

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

Islanders at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Islanders 5–1 at Little Caesars Arena on February 3, 1999.

🗓 Wed, Feb 3, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Darren McCarty

2 G

5 shots · 15:22 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 20:54 TOI · -1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Nicklas Lidstrom

2 A

3 shots · 24:35 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Steve Yzerman PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:39

Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov

0–1

🐙 Martin Lapointe 1st · 18:56

Assists: Yan Golubovsky, Kris Draper

0–2

2nd period

🐙 Darren McCarty 2nd · 00:26

Assists: Kirk Maltby, Nicklas Lidstrom

0–3

🏝️ Sergei Nemchinov 2nd · 01:29

Assists: Trevor Linden, Mike Watt

1–3

3rd period

🐙 Darren McCarty PP 3rd · 10:33

Assists: Igor Larionov, Steve Yzerman

1–4

🐙 Brendan Shanahan 3rd · 19:59

Assists: Stacy Roest, Tomas Holmstrom

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI DET🐙

28 Shots on goal 44

0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

24 Hits 32

12 Blocked shots 12

4 Takeaways 12

7 Giveaways 12

14 Penalty minutes 16

NYI shooting 3.6% (1/28) DET shooting 11.4% (5/44)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

39/44

.886 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Norm Maracle

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 42:14 TOI

Kevin Hodson Shutout

8/8

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 17:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Linden · Smolinski · Palffy 23:43

L2 Nemchinov · Reichel · Lapointe 17:02

L3 Watt · Donato · Lawrence 13:43

L4 Sacco · Czerkawski · Webb 4:46

D1 Lachance · Chara 21:33

D2 Pilon · Brewer 18:27

D3 Crowley · Harlock 15:09

🐙Red Wings

L1 Yzerman · Fedorov · Dandenault 19:45

L2 Kozlov · Shanahan · Larionov 16:27

L3 Draper · McCarty · Lapointe 14:13

L4 Maltby · Holmstrom · Brown 10:50

L5 Roest 9:14

D1 Lidstrom · Ward 22:34

D2 Macoun · Eriksson 17:36

D3 Golubovsky 14:02

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Jan 12, 1998

🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI

1–1 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ NYI vs DET, answered

Who won Islanders vs Red Wings on February 3, 1999?

Red Wings won 5–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Red Wings?

The final score was Islanders 1, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

Sergei Nemchinov.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Darren McCarty (2), Brendan Shanahan, Martin Lapointe, Steve Yzerman.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 39 saves on 44 shots (.886 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Norm Maracle made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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 · Jan 30

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 1

Also on February 3, 1999

Islanders season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule