
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:45 | NSH | Andreas Johansson Wrist Shot - Assists: G. Johnson & A. Hall |
| 09:36 | VAN | Ryan Kesler Backhand - Assists: M. Cooke & T. Linden |
| 10:14 | VAN | Trevor Linden Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Cooke & R. Kesler |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 19:38 | NSH | Adam Hall Wrist Shot - Assists: K. Timonen & S. Sullivan |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 14:54 | NSH | Adam Hall : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:34 | NSH | Kimmo Timonen : Holding - 2 min |
| 07:25 | NSH | Wade Flaherty : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:08 | VAN | Brendan Morrison : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:49 | VAN | Jarkko Ruutu : Roughing - 2 min |
| 06:49 | NSH | Wade Flaherty : Roughing - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
NSH |
6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
VAN |
8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NSH |
92 T. Vokoun (W) | 24 - 26 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 27 | 0.926 | 64:43 |
VAN |
39 D. Cloutier (L) | 23 - 25 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 26 - 28 | 0.929 | 64:58 |
| Skater Stats |
NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 D. Hamhuis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 23:07 | 0:00 | 2:19 | 25:26 |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:17 | 1:52 | 0:15 | 22:24 |
| 5 B. Bombardir | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:36 | 0:08 | 3:33 | 25:17 |
| 9 S. Zholtok | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:06 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 15:48 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 19:41 |
| 19 S. Hartnell | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:31 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 10:34 |
| 18 A. Hall | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12:57 | 0:56 | 0:31 | 14:24 |
| 26 A. Johansson | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:43 | 0:38 | 1:35 | 14:56 |
| 22 G. Johnson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 | 0:11 | 1:37 | 17:34 |
| 33 J. Allison | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 12:40 |
| 24 S. Walker | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:42 | 1:04 | 2:49 | 23:35 |
| 19 D. Arkhipov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:51 |
| 15 S. Sullivan | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:34 | 1:19 | 2:17 | 22:10 |
| 25 J. Stevenson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:32 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 6:36 |
| 32 V. Orszagh | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 16:18 |
| 34 S. Hnidy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 16:06 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 18:16 |
| 44 K. Timonen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21:48 | 2:00 | 2:24 | 26:12 |
VAN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 M. Ohlund | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 26:32 | 2:46 | 1:42 | 31:00 |
| 55 B. Sopel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 28:30 | 3:25 | 0:08 | 32:03 |
| 55 B. Allen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:40 | 0:51 | 0:18 | 18:49 |
| 6 S. Salo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 | 2:52 | 1:37 | 23:50 |
| 17 B. Morrison | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:55 | 3:02 | 0:00 | 20:57 |
| 8 M. Malik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 | 1:48 | 0:15 | 13:48 |
| 12 M. Keane | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 9:41 |
| 13 A. Chubarov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 | 0:20 | 1:19 | 16:59 |
| 8 G. Sanderson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 17:02 |
| 36 P. Kavanagh | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:51 |
| 16 T. Linden | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:33 | 1:20 | 0:41 | 19:34 |
| 19 M. Naslund | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:41 | 3:34 | 0:00 | 20:15 |
| 17 R. Kesler | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:42 |
| 22 D. Sedin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 | 2:42 | 0:00 | 13:44 |
| 23 M. Bergevin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:06 |
| 24 M. Cooke | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 | 1:11 | 0:08 | 16:22 |
| 26 M. Rucinsky | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:30 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 21:21 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 8:59 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 9:32 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18630 |
| Referees | Mike Leggo, Rob Shick |
| Linesmen | Mike Cvik, Randy Mitton |
| 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 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| E. Condra | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Greening | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Conacher | 7 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | .940 | 2.17 |