FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Dineen 2 (Cassels, Wesley), 12:56
Penalties:
  Kron, HFD (tripping), 2:15
  Bertuzzi, NYI (tripping), 7:43
  Featherstone, HFD (slashing), 16:24

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Hartford, Dineen 3 (power play) (Sanderson, Wesley), 13:17
Penalties:
  Primeau, HFD (holding), 0:50
  Featherstone, HFD (roughing), 8:15
  McInnis, NYI (tripping), 12:18
  Grimson, HFD (fighting major), 16:04
  Vukota, NYI (fighting major), 16:04
  Dineen, HFD (elbowing), 19:05
  Palffy, NYI (high sticking), 19:05

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, NY Islanders, King 4 (Green, Jonsson), 9:53
  4, Hartford, Kapanen 1 (Primeau, Nikolishin), 10:14
Penalties:
  Dineen, HFD (roughing), 4:18
  Featherstone, HFD (holding), 12:41
  Hartford bench, served by Kapanen (too many men on the ice), 18:25

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford               5 11  7--23
  NY Islanders        7  4 10--21

Goalies:
  Hartford, Muzzatti (21 shots, 20 saves; record: 1-0-0)
  NY Islanders, Salo (23, 20; record: 0-1-1)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 2, NYI - 0 of 7
Referee: Angus. Linesmen: Asselstine, Driscoll
Attendance: 8,019 (out of 16,297)