New York Islanders vs San Jose Sharks 5-2, Oct 16, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

New York Islanders

5

San Jose Sharks

2

Final · SAP Center at San Jose

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	2	2	5
SJ	0	1	1	2

The New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Oct 16, 1997 at SAP Center at San Jose.

Top performers

Zigmund Palffy
Zigmund Palffy had 3 goals and 1 assist for the Islanders.
Tommy Salo
Tommy Salo made 32 saves on 34 shots for the Islanders.
Viktor Kozlov
Viktor Kozlov had 1 goal for the Sharks.
Mike Vernon
Mike Vernon made 20 saves on 25 shots for the Sharks.

Before and after

Islanders · 1997-98 season · Previous Oct 13, 1997: NYI 2, FLA 2 · Next Oct 19, 1997: NYI 5, ANA 2
Sharks · 1997-98 season · Previous Oct 13, 1997: PHI 3, SJ 2

Other Islanders vs Sharks games

Other New York Islanders vs San Jose Sharks games

Oct 27, 1997	SJ at NYI	2-1	Regular
Mar 7, 2026	NYI at SJ	2-1	Regular
Oct 21, 2025	SJ at NYI	3-4	Regular
Mar 8, 2025	NYI at SJ	4-2	Regular
Jan 18, 2025	SJ at NYI	1-4	Regular
Mar 7, 2024	NYI at SJ	7-2	Regular

New York Islanders box score

Skaters

New York Islanders skaters, Oct 16, 1997

Zigmund Palffy	3	1	4	3	4	0	0:00
Robert Reichel	1	2	3	2	2	2	0:00
Bryan Smolinski	1	1	2	0	3	0	0:00
Travis Green	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0:00
Kenny Jonsson	0	1	1	1	1	2	0:00
Bryan Berard	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Todd Bertuzzi	0	0	0	0	3	2	0:00
Bryan McCabe	0	0	0	1	3	0	0:00
Claude Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0:00
Rich Pilon	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Mike Hough	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Scott Lachance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mariusz Czerkawski	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Tom Chorske	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Paul Kruse	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Sergei Nemchinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Dennis Vaske	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Warren Luhning	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	5	7	12	4	25	14

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

New York Islanders goalies, Oct 16, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Tommy Salo	34	32	2	.941	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

San Jose Sharks box score

Skaters

San Jose Sharks skaters, Oct 16, 1997

Bill Houlder	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0:00
Viktor Kozlov	1	0	1	1	8	0	0:00
Tony Granato	1	0	1	-1	5	2	0:00
Jeff Friesen	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Andrei Zyuzin	0	1	1	0	4	2	0:00
Patrick Marleau	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Todd Gill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Ron Sutter	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Murray Craven	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Bernie Nicholls	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0:00
Owen Nolan	0	0	0	0	3	4	0:00
Doug Bodger	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0:00
Shean Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Marco Sturm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Stephane Matteau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mike Rathje	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Marcus Ragnarsson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Team	2	3	5	-5	32	18

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

San Jose Sharks goalies, Oct 16, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Vernon	25	20	5	.800	59:57

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%