New York Islanders vs Colorado Avalanche 1-3, Dec 31, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

New York Islanders

1

Colorado Avalanche

3

Final · McNichols Sports Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	1	1
COL	2	0	1	3

The Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Dec 31, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena.

Top performers

Sergei Nemchinov
Sergei Nemchinov had 1 goal for the Islanders.
Eric Fichaud
Eric Fichaud made 26 saves on 29 shots for the Islanders.
Rene Corbet
Rene Corbet had 2 assists for the Avalanche.
Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy made 24 saves on 25 shots for the Avalanche.

Before and after

Islanders · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 29, 1997: NYI 1, PIT 5 · Next Jan 2, 1998: NYI 1, DAL 2
Avalanche · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 29, 1997: MTL 1, COL 1 · Next Jan 2, 1998: COL 2, BUF 2

Other Islanders vs Avalanche games

Other New York Islanders vs Colorado Avalanche games

Mar 7, 1998	COL at NYI	4-2	Regular
Dec 4, 2025	COL at NYI	3-6	Regular
Nov 16, 2025	NYI at COL	1-4	Regular
Jan 28, 2025	COL at NYI	2-5	Regular
Oct 14, 2024	NYI at COL	6-2	Regular
Jan 2, 2024	NYI at COL	4-5	Regular

New York Islanders box score

Skaters

New York Islanders skaters, Dec 31, 1997

Zigmund Palffy	0	1	1	0	1	2	0:00
Robert Reichel	0	1	1	0	5	0	0:00
Sergei Nemchinov	1	0	1	0	1	0	0:00
Todd Bertuzzi	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Bryan McCabe	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Bryan Smolinski	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Travis Green	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Claude Lapointe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Rich Pilon	0	0	0	0	0	5	0:00
Jason Strudwick	0	0	0	0	0	7	0:00
Mike Hough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Scott Lachance	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Tom Chorske	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Paul Kruse	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Kenny Jonsson	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Bryan Berard	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Dane Jackson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Sean Haggerty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	1	2	3	0	25	16

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

Goalies

New York Islanders goalies, Dec 31, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Eric Fichaud	29	26	3	.897	59:15

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

Colorado Avalanche box score

Skaters

Colorado Avalanche skaters, Dec 31, 1997

Rene Corbet	0	2	2	0	1	5	0:00
Eric Lacroix	0	2	2	0	1	0	0:00
Claude Lemieux	1	0	1	0	6	0	0:00
Jari Kurri	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Uwe Krupp	1	0	1	0	2	4	0:00
Peter Forsberg	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Adam Deadmarsh	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Joe Sakic	0	0	0	0	5	0	0:00
Adam Foote	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Shean Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Jon Klemm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Sandis Ozolinsh	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Stephane Yelle	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Sylvain Lefebvre	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Aaron Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Jeff Odgers	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0:00
Alexei Gusarov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Eric Messier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	3	6	9	0	29	18

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

Goalies

Colorado Avalanche goalies, Dec 31, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Patrick Roy	25	24	1	.960	59:55

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