NY Islanders          2 2 3--7
Pittsburgh            1 0 1--2

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, NY Islanders, Palffy 20 (power play) (Lawrence, Smolinski), 3:56
  2, NY Islanders, Czerkawski 22 (Palffy), 7:32
  3, Pittsburgh, Jagr 42 (power play) (Hrdina), 10:19
Penalties:
  Chebaturkin, NYI (high sticking), 0:41
  *Wright, PIT (slashing), 3:22
  M Barnaby, PIT (roughing), 9:34
  Luhning, NYI (roughing), 9:34
  *Z Chara, NYI (holding), 10:11
  Chebaturkin, NYI (cross checking), 14:33
  Hatcher, PIT (elbowing), 17:02

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, NY Islanders, M Lindgren 10 (power play) (Palffy, Richter), 8:57
  5, NY Islanders, T Linden 17 (unassisted), 14:38
Penalties:
  Lawrence, NYI (goalie interference), 1:59
  Chebaturkin, NYI , 6:26
  *Titov, PIT (high sticking), 8:25

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, Pittsburgh, Jagr 43 (Miller, Slegr), 0:41
  7, NY Islanders, T Linden 18 (unassisted), 2:06
  8, NY Islanders, Palffy 21 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 3:04
  9, NY Islanders, Palffy 22 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 3:57
Penalties:
  Luhning, NYI (roughing), 2:10

Shots on Goal:
  NY Islanders           8 10  6--24
  Pittsburgh            13  6 10--29

Goalies:
  NY Islanders, Flaherty (29 shots, 27 saves; record: 5-11-2)
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (18, 14; record: 18-16-3)
    Skudra (start of 3rd, 6, 3)

Power-play conversions: NYI - 2 of 3, PIT - 1 of 6
Referees: Roberts
Linesmen: Collins, G Devorski
Attendance: 16,208 (out of 17,181)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
NY Islanders                          Pittsburgh
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
Chebaturkin    0   0   +2     1       A Morozov      0   0   -1     1
Czerkawski     1   0   even   3       Andrusak       0   0   -1     0
Harlock        0   0   +2     0       Bonin          0   0   -1     0
LaPointe       0   0   +2     3       Brown          0   0   -1     1
Lawrence       0   1   even   1       Dollas         0   0   even   1
Luhning        0   0   even   0       Hatcher        0   0   -2     0
M Lindgren     1   0   +2     4       Hrdina         0   1   -3     1
Nabokov        0   0   +2     2       I Moran        0   0   -1     4
Orszagh        0   0   even   0       Jagr           2   0   -4     7
Palffy         3   2   +2     3       Kovalev        0   0   -1     3
Richter        0   1   +2     1       Lang           0   0   -1     1
Schultz        0   0   even   1       M Barnaby      0   0   even   3
Smolinski      0   1   even   2       Miller         0   1   -2     4
T Linden       2   0   +2     2       Slegr          0   1   -1     0
Watt           0   0   even   1       Straka         0   0   even   2
Webb           0   0   even   0       Titov          0   0   even   0
Z Chara        0   0   +2     0       Werenka        0   0   -1     0
                                      Wright         0   0   even   1
Jonsson        Healthy                Butenschon     Healthy
Sacco          Shoulder Surgery       J Aubin        Hamstring
Brewer         Achilles               Galanov        Separated Shoulder
Pilon          Back Injury            Ignatjev       Shoulder Surgery
Odjick         Abdominal              Kasparaitis    Knee Injury
                                      Kesa           Quadricep
                                      Serowik        Concussion
                                      Wilkinson      Groin
                                      Lang           Ankle Injury
                                      Titov          Hamstring