
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:22 | SJS | Niko Dimitrakos Backhand - Assists: T. Harvey & T. Preissing |
| 14:10 | SJS | Wayne Primeau Tip-In - Assists: C. Ehrhoff & T. Harvey |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 12:17 | SJS | Alyn McCauley Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Preissing & A. Korolyuk |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:55 | SJS | PPG - Alyn McCauley Slap Shot - Assists: K. McLaren & N. Ekman |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 11:39 | SJS | Scott Thornton : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 11:39 | MIN | Jason Wiemer : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:14 | MIN | Antti Laaksonen : Interference - 2 min |
| 06:02 | MIN | Jim Dowd : Holding - 2 min |
| 09:00 | SJS | Niko Dimitrakos : Holding - 2 min |
| 13:14 | MIN | Alexandre Daigle : Slashing - 2 min |
| 14:53 | SJS | Brad Stuart : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:18 | MIN | Jason Marshall served by Eric Chouinard : Cross checking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MIN |
9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
SJS |
14 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
35 M. Fernandez (L) | 29 - 32 | 4 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 33 - 37 | 0.892 | 60:00 |
SJS |
20 E. Nabokov (W) | 22 - 22 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 24 - 24 | 1.000 | 59:57 |
| Skater Stats |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 W. Mitchell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 | 0:00 | 3:49 | 21:17 |
| 4 Z. Michalek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 15:21 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:06 |
| 12 A. Daigle | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 12:59 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 15:00 |
| 9 P. Dupuis | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 | 0:54 | 2:04 | 19:09 |
| 12 M. Johnson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:06 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:34 | 2:33 | 0:00 | 18:07 |
| 17 F. Kuba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 | 2:08 | 1:48 | 21:34 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:15 | 0:59 | 3:10 | 13:24 |
| 15 E. Chouinard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 11:30 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 12:52 |
| 6 J. Marshall | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 17:21 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 18:24 |
| 24 A. Laaksonen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:55 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 12:18 |
| 16 J. Wiemer | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13:15 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 15:03 |
| 32 M. Chouinard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:08 | 0:59 | 3:03 | 12:10 |
| 9 S. Zholtok | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:27 | 2:22 | 0:40 | 19:29 |
| 34 J. Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 16:28 | 0:13 | 1:44 | 18:25 |
| 24 A. Henry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 | 0:00 | 2:55 | 19:49 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 | 1:43 | 3:32 | 21:03 |
SJS |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 M. Rathje | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:49 | 2:40 | 1:56 | 24:25 |
| 4 K. McLaren | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:26 | 1:35 | 1:30 | 19:31 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17:28 | 2:11 | 0:40 | 20:19 |
| 10 A. McCauley | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:34 | 3:07 | 0:55 | 16:36 |
| 12 P. Marleau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:49 | 2:55 | 0:08 | 15:52 |
| 20 T. Harvey | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 14:05 |
| 18 J. Cheechoo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:47 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 13:36 |
| 18 W. Primeau | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12:48 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 14:35 |
| 27 S. Thornton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:15 |
| 40 M. Ricci | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 13:00 |
| 16 M. Sturm | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11:54 | 2:29 | 0:08 | 14:31 |
| 27 S. Hannan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:40 | 1:29 | 1:43 | 20:52 |
| 43 N. Dimitrakos | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 13:18 |
| 25 V. Damphousse | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:45 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 14:14 |
| 28 N. Ekman | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 | 3:33 | 1:45 | 17:22 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 | 2:16 | 1:29 | 19:53 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 15:25 |
| 94 A. Korolyuk | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 3:33 | 0:55 | 17:14 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17496 |
| Referees | Dennis LaRue, Michael McGeough |
| Linesmen | Lyle Seitz, Tony Sericolo |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | z - PIT | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 119 | 72 | |
| 2 | y - MTL | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 149 | 126 | 63 | |
| 3 | y - WSH | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 149 | 130 | 57 | |
| 4 | x - BOS | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 109 | 62 | |
| 5 | x - TOR | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 145 | 133 | 57 | |
| 6 | x - NYR | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 130 | 112 | 56 | |
| 7 | x - OTT | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 116 | 104 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - NYI | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 139 | 139 | 55 | |
| 9 | WPG | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 128 | 144 | 51 | |
| 10 | PHI | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 49 | |
| 11 | NJD | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 112 | 129 | 48 | |
| 12 | BUF | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 125 | 143 | 48 | |
| 13 | CAR | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | TBL | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 148 | 150 | 40 | |
| 15 | FLA | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 112 | 171 | 36 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| D. Alfredsson | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| E. Karlsson | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Turris | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Condra | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 9 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Michalek | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Zibanejad | 9 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 3 | 0 | .928 | 2.66 |