
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:46 | MTL | Mathieu Dandenault Snap Shot - Assists: A. Kovalev & M. Ribeiro |
| 06:37 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros Slap Shot - Assists: P. Eaves & V. Varada |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:51 | OTT | PPG - Dany Heatley Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Eaves & B. Pothier |
| 06:02 | MTL | Mike Ribeiro Backhand - Assists: A. Kovalev |
| 12:42 | MTL | PPG - Chris Higgins Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Ryder & S. Koivu |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:35 | MTL | Saku Koivu Backhand - Assists: M. Ryder & C. Higgins |
| 05:52 | MTL | PPG - Jan Bulis Snap Shot - Assists: M. Ribeiro & A. Kovalev |
| 12:35 | OTT | Dany Heatley Snap Shot - Assists: C. Kelly & J. Spezza |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:15 | MTL | Aaron Downey : Slashing - 2 min |
| 12:46 | MTL | Chris Higgins : Hooking - 2 min |
| 17:05 | OTT | Mike Fisher : Roughing - 2 min |
| 17:05 | MTL | Saku Koivu : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:11 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Tripping - 2 min |
| 10:56 | OTT | Brad Norton : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:45 | OTT | Brad Norton : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 12:45 | MTL | Aaron Downey : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 13:29 | OTT | Tomas Malec : Slashing - 2 min |
| 13:56 | MTL | Chris Higgins : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 16:01 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Broken stick - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:02 | OTT | Brian Pothier : Hooking - 2 min |
| 06:42 | OTT | Vaclav Varada : Slashing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MTL |
6 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
OTT |
21 | 16 | 10 | 47 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MTL |
1 D. Aebischer (W) | 35 - 37 | 9 - 10 | 0 - 0 | 44 - 47 | 0.936 | 60:00 |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (L) | 17 - 20 | 8 - 10 | 2 - 2 | 27 - 32 | 0.844 | 58:40 |
| Skater Stats |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17:26 | 0:11 | 1:42 | 19:19 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12:48 | 2:53 | 0:03 | 15:44 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:31 | 0:00 | 4:58 | 15:29 |
| 20 C. Higgins | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12:54 | 2:34 | 0:03 | 15:31 |
| 28 S. Begin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:25 | 0:00 | 5:28 | 16:53 |
| 25 M. Dandenault | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 | 0:00 | 1:18 | 16:08 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 | 3:29 | 0:00 | 16:22 |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 15:29 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 14:20 |
| 38 J. Bulis | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:11 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 13:27 |
| 42 A. Perezhogin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:36 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 | 4:11 | 4:07 | 22:25 |
| 44 A. Downey | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:14 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 14:51 | 1:41 | 4:07 | 20:39 |
| 41 G. Murray | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 12:22 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 | 3:10 | 0:00 | 14:36 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12:35 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 15:22 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 | 4:15 | 3:00 | 26:17 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 18:27 | 3:05 | 2:48 | 24:20 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 18:06 | 1:45 | 2:59 | 22:50 |
| 39 T. Arnason | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:28 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 15:17 | 3:43 | 0:43 | 19:43 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 13:53 | 0:35 | 2:57 | 17:25 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 17:25 | 4:02 | 3:35 | 25:02 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14:39 | 3:39 | 0:54 | 19:12 |
| 46 F. Novak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 15:41 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 | 3:56 | 0:11 | 19:12 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:32 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 11:33 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 15:08 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8:27 | 0:21 | 1:38 | 10:26 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7:51 | 3:28 | 0:00 | 11:19 |
| 26 V. Varada | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:32 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:34 | 3:28 | 2:42 | 18:44 |
| 6 B. Norton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 2:01 | 13:09 |
| 41 T. Malec | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12:32 | 0:04 | 0:43 | 13:19 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 10:43 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 13:34 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19929 |
| Referees | Bill McCreary, Craig Spada |
| Linesmen | Derek Nansen, 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 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| K. Turris | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| E. Karlsson | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| E. Condra | 10 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 10 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| M. Michalek | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Methot | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Greening | 10 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 10 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 3.01 |