🐋 Away Canucks 10-6-1
1–2
Final / SO
🏝️ Home Islanders 6-9-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐋 VAN 10001
🏝️ NYI 01012

Canucks at Islanders

Islanders beat Canucks 2–1 in a shootout at UBS Arena on November 17, 2008.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Doug Weight
1 G
2 shots · 18:19 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Bill Guerin
1 A
6 shots · 19:31 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Joey MacDonald
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🐋 Pavol Demitra Go-ahead 1st · 00:49
Assists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · beat Joey MacDonald
1–0
2nd period
🏝️ Doug Weight PP Tying 2nd · 14:35
Assists: Bill Guerin, Frans Nielsen · beat Roberto Luongo
1–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Sedin · Sedin · Demitra 22:16
L2 Kesler · Bernier · Burrows 16:17
L3 Pyatt · Wellwood · Hansen 13:25
L4 Raymond · Hordichuk · Johnson 10:18
D1 Salo · Mitchell 25:52
D2 Ohlund · O'Brien 23:37
D3 Nycholat · Davison 11:48
🏝️Islanders
L1 Weight · Guerin · Hunter 18:34
L2 Hilbert · Nielsen · Park 17:24
L3 Bergenheim · Bailey · Okposo 14:43
L4 Sim · Tambellini · Jackman 11:31
D1 Streit · Sutton 25:52
D2 Campoli · Martinek 24:14
D3 Gervais · Skinner 13:31

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN NYI🏝️
32 Shots on goal 35
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 28
20 Blocked shots 16
21 Takeaways 24
21 Giveaways 12
15 Penalty minutes 13
VAN shooting 3.1% (1/32) NYI shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Roberto Luongo
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 64:15 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Joey MacDonald
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 64:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Islanders lead the season series 1–0
Jan 82008 🏝️NYI @ 🐋VAN 2–3 SO Jan 142006 🐋VAN @ 🏝️NYI 8–1 Feb 32004 🐋VAN @ 🏝️NYI 4–5 OT Mar 112003 🏝️NYI @ 🐋VAN 3–4 Dec 32002 🐋VAN @ 🏝️NYI 1–2
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❓ VAN vs NYI, answered

Who won Canucks vs Islanders on November 17, 2008?

Islanders won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Canucks 1, Islanders 2.

Who scored for Canucks?

Pavol Demitra.

Who scored for Islanders?

Doug Weight.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Islanders season series?

Islanders lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐋 Canucks
BeforeNov 15 🍁TOR @ 🐋VAN 2–4 AfterNov 19 🐋VAN @ 🗽NYR 6–3
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeNov 15 🏛️OTT @ 🏝️NYI 2–3 AfterNov 21 🏝️NYI @ 😈NJD 2–5
Also on November 17
🏛️OTT 1–2 🗽NYR 🐻BOS 3–2 🍁TOR 🛢️EDM 0–4 🐙DET 🦈SJS 4–1 🐯NSH
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