
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:19 | MIN | PPG - Jason Marshall Slap Shot - Assists: R. Park & P. Dupuis |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:07 | MIN | Antti Laaksonen Snap Shot - Assists: W. Walz |
| 14:12 | MTL | Patrice Brisebois Snap Shot - Assists: D. Langdon & Y. Perreault |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:58 | MTL | PPG - Mike Ribeiro Tip-In - Assists: P. Brisebois |
| OT Period | ||
| 04:32 | MTL | Richard Zednik Slap Shot - Assists: M. Ribeiro & A. Markov |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 08:30 | MTL | Craig Rivet : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 08:30 | MIN | Jim Dowd : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 09:29 | MTL | Patrice Brisebois : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 13:28 | MIN | Matt Johnson : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 13:28 | MTL | Darren Langdon : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 14:11 | MIN | Richard Park : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:51 | MIN | Alex Henry : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:14 | MIN | Alexandre Daigle : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 06:32 | MTL | Francis Bouillon : Interference - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
MTL |
9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
MIN |
9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MTL |
32 M. Garon (W) | 25 - 26 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 29 | 0.931 | 64:32 |
MIN |
30 D. Roloson (L) | 24 - 26 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 26 - 29 | 0.897 | 64:23 |
| Skater Stats |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 S. Quintal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:38 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 22:12 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 | 2:46 | 0:41 | 21:25 |
| 15 D. Langdon | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:39 |
| 24 J. Ward | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:55 | 1:14 | 0:56 | 17:05 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:01 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 18:36 |
| 19 C. Kilger | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:52 |
| 24 N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 15:04 |
| 38 J. Bulis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 18:27 | 1:09 | 1:34 | 21:10 |
| 71 P. Brisebois | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19:11 | 2:10 | 0:41 | 22:02 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 | 2:34 | 1:54 | 25:02 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:39 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:06 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 19:49 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 17:02 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 20:37 |
| 8 J. Balej | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:31 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 | 1:53 | 0:41 | 19:36 |
| 90 J. Juneau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 15:15 |
| 94 Y. Perreault | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:17 | 1:14 | 0:00 | 10:31 |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 W. Mitchell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:38 | 0:00 | 4:02 | 28:40 |
| 4 Z. Michalek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 16:58 |
| 12 A. Daigle | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 13:55 |
| 9 P. Dupuis | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 | 0:15 | 0:08 | 14:16 |
| 12 M. Johnson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:36 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 14:29 |
| 17 F. Kuba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:32 | 0:38 | 1:26 | 21:36 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:59 | 2:12 | 1:02 | 19:13 |
| 6 J. Marshall | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:35 | 1:49 | 0:40 | 16:04 |
| 24 A. Laaksonen | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 | 0:00 | 3:10 | 19:57 |
| 16 J. Wiemer | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 14:19 |
| 32 M. Chouinard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 2:08 | 16:15 |
| 9 S. Zholtok | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:59 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 14:21 |
| 34 J. Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:06 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 13:10 |
| 24 A. Henry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:05 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 15:11 |
| 37 W. Walz | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 | 0:38 | 1:45 | 17:51 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 23:06 | 1:01 | 3:06 | 27:13 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 18:02 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18568 |
| Referees | Dan O'Rourke, Stephen Walkom |
| Linesmen | Brian Murphy, Dan Schachte |
| 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 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| E. Condra | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| S. Gonchar | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 7 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| C. Conacher | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Silfverberg | 7 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 4 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.52 |