New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins 4-3, Dec 20, 1997: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

New York Islanders

4

3

Final · TD Garden

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	3	0	4
BOS	1	2	0	3

The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Dec 20, 1997 at TD Garden.

Top performers

Bryan Smolinski
Bryan Smolinski had 3 assists for the Islanders.
Tommy Salo
Tommy Salo made 29 saves on 32 shots for the Islanders.
Dmitri Khristich
Dmitri Khristich had 2 goals for the Bruins.
Byron Dafoe
Byron Dafoe made 16 saves on 20 shots for the Bruins.

Before and after

Islanders · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 17, 1997: BUF 0, NYI 4 · Next Dec 22, 1997: OTT 4, NYI 1
Bruins · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 18, 1997: BOS 2, PHI 2 · Next Dec 22, 1997: DET 4, BOS 2

Other Islanders vs Bruins games

Other New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins games

Apr 9, 1998	NYI at BOS	1-4	Regular
Mar 1, 1998	BOS at NYI	5-4	Regular
Feb 1, 1998	BOS at NYI	2-2	Regular
Nov 26, 2025	BOS at NYI	3-1	Regular
Nov 4, 2025	BOS at NYI	4-3	Regular
Oct 28, 2025	NYI at BOS	2-5	Regular

New York Islanders box score

Skaters

New York Islanders skaters, Dec 20, 1997

Bryan Smolinski	0	3	3	1	3	2	0:00
Todd Bertuzzi	1	1	2	0	1	0	0:00
Tom Chorske	1	1	2	1	2	0	0:00
Travis Green	1	0	1	-1	2	4	0:00
Zigmund Palffy	1	0	1	1	1	0	0:00
Robert Reichel	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Kenny Jonsson	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Bryan Berard	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Doug Houda	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0:00
Bryan McCabe	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Claude Lapointe	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Rich Pilon	0	0	0	0	0	6	0:00
Mike Hough	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Scott Lachance	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Mariusz Czerkawski	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Paul Kruse	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Ken Belanger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Vladimir Orszagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	4	8	12	-5	20	16

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

Goalies

New York Islanders goalies, Dec 20, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Tommy Salo	32	29	3	.906	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Boston Bruins box score

Skaters

Boston Bruins skaters, Dec 20, 1997

Dmitri Khristich	2	0	2	1	5	0	0:00
Anson Carter	0	2	2	0	2	0	0:00
Don Sweeney	0	1	1	2	0	0	0:00
Kyle McLaren	1	0	1	1	2	0	0:00
Mike Sullivan	0	1	1	2	1	0	0:00
Darren Van Impe	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Ray Bourque	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Rob DiMaio	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Hal Gill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Dave Ellett	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Ted Donato	0	0	0	0	2	12	0:00
Tim Taylor	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Steve Heinze	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0:00
Ken Baumgartner	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Jason Allison	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0:00
P.J. Axelsson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Cameron Mann	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Team	3	5	8	4	30	18

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

Goalies

Boston Bruins goalies, Dec 20, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Byron Dafoe	20	16	4	.800	59:08

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%