
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:57 | MTL | Chris Higgins Backhand - Assists: A. Markov & M. Ryder |
| 05:53 | OTT | PPG - Andrej Meszaros Tip-In - Assists: J. Spezza & D. Alfredsson |
| 11:10 | OTT | Dany Heatley Backhand - Assists: P. Eaves & A. Volchenkov |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 06:58 | MTL | Sheldon Souray Slap Shot - Assists: A. Kovalev |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:27 | MTL | Richard Zednik Backhand - Assists: M. Ribeiro & M. Dandenault |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:16 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Holding - 2 min |
| 04:35 | OTT | Brad Norton served by Vaclav Varada : Instigator - 2 min |
| 04:35 | OTT | Brad Norton : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 04:35 | MTL | Niklas Sundstrom : Hooking - 2 min |
| 04:35 | MTL | Garth Murray : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 04:35 | OTT | Brad Norton : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 04:49 | MTL | Saku Koivu : Holding - 2 min |
| 18:48 | OTT | Dany Heatley : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:04 | MTL | Aaron Downey : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 08:33 | OTT | Mike Fisher : Holding - 2 min |
| 12:09 | MTL | Tomas Plekanec : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 12:25 | OTT | Chris Neil : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 13:17 | MTL | Mathieu Dandenault : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:16 | OTT | Christoph Schubert : Tripping - 2 min |
| 17:43 | MTL | Michael Ryder : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:26 | OTT | Bryan Smolinski : Roughing - 2 min |
| 18:26 | MTL | Richard Zednik : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
16 | 6 | 15 | 37 |
MTL |
10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (L) | 19 - 22 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 22 - 25 | 0.880 | 58:34 |
MTL |
1 D. Aebischer (W) | 27 - 28 | 7 - 8 | 1 - 1 | 35 - 37 | 0.946 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:10 | 5:54 | 0:18 | 26:22 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 19:49 | 1:52 | 0:18 | 21:59 |
| 39 T. Arnason | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 10:39 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 11:15 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 17:48 | 5:56 | 1:22 | 25:06 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:27 | 1:34 | 1:21 | 15:22 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 20:21 | 3:09 | 5:41 | 29:11 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14:23 | 6:32 | 1:11 | 22:06 |
| 46 F. Novak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:44 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 | 5:56 | 0:00 | 21:01 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:00 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 12:51 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12:11 | 2:44 | 0:18 | 15:13 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 7:55 | 0:00 | 3:18 | 11:13 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 | 0:39 | 5:41 | 23:26 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 8:57 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 12:14 |
| 26 V. Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 7:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:38 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 10:18 | 3:07 | 1:37 | 15:02 |
| 6 B. Norton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 0 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:18 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5:49 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 7:52 |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13:47 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 15:46 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:14 | 3:00 | 0:43 | 16:57 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11:32 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 11:33 |
| 20 C. Higgins | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:58 | 3:00 | 3:28 | 19:26 |
| 25 M. Dandenault | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14:16 | 0:05 | 1:31 | 15:52 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 16:09 |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 | 1:59 | 0:56 | 15:48 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:51 | 0:10 | 4:46 | 16:47 |
| 24 N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5:32 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 8:33 |
| 38 J. Bulis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:03 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 16:57 |
| 42 A. Perezhogin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:45 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 7:46 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:35 | 4:24 | 5:33 | 27:32 |
| 44 A. Downey | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:38 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 | 1:52 | 5:33 | 24:24 |
| 41 G. Murray | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8:14 | 0:00 | 4:12 | 12:26 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 16:57 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12:39 | 3:09 | 0:01 | 15:49 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 | 3:42 | 2:34 | 20:47 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 21273 |
| Referees | Don Koharski, Kevin Pollock |
| Linesmen | Michel Cormier, Derek Nansen |
| 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 |