
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:07 | OTT | Denis Hamel Backhand - Assists: none |
| 11:24 | MTL | SHG - Chris Higgins Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Koivu |
| 13:49 | OTT | Chris Kelly Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Eaves & A. Kaigorodov |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 16:37 | MTL | Sergei Samsonov Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Niinimaa |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Antoine Vermette | OTT | Goal |
| Chris Higgins | MTL | Save |
| Dean McAmmond | OTT | Save |
| Saku Koivu | MTL | Save |
| Mike Fisher | OTT | Goal |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:22 | MTL | Alex Kovalev : Slashing - 2 min |
| 20:00 | MTL | Aaron Downey : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 20:00 | OTT | Chris Neil : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 20:00 | MTL | Aaron Downey : Charging - 2 min |
| 20:00 | MTL | Aaron Downey : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 20:00 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros : Roughing - 2 min |
| 20:00 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:24 | MTL | Janne Niinimaa : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:28 | OTT | Chris Neil : Slashing - 2 min |
| 12:26 | MTL | Janne Niinimaa : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:37 | MTL | Sheldon Souray : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 10:14 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
OTT |
9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
MTL |
12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (W) | 20 - 21 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 23 - 25 | 0.920 | 64:49 |
MTL |
39 C. Huet (L) | 19 - 21 | 5 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 25 - 27 | 0.926 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 21:40 | 0:09 | 1:31 | 23:20 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 12:54 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:10 | 7:45 | 1:14 | 30:09 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 18:05 | 6:47 | 0:18 | 25:10 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 2:51 | 0:56 | 18:50 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16:31 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 21:01 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 15:34 | 5:55 | 0:00 | 21:29 |
| 17 D. Hamel | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:15 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 11:29 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 | 5:47 | 0:00 | 20:59 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:37 | 2:23 | 0:46 | 16:46 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 | 1:00 | 0:46 | 12:44 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:14 | 0:09 | 1:15 | 22:38 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 1 | 8:48 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 10:04 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 | 2:51 | 0:29 | 16:46 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:14 | 0:45 | 12:09 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:35 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 17:11 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 12:47 |
| 55 A. Kaigorodov | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:24 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 11:32 |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 6 J. Niinimaa | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20:08 | 1:14 | 1:13 | 22:35 |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21:18 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 24:16 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 0:46 | 3:54 | 20:40 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 | 0:00 | 4:09 | 16:39 |
| 14 S. Samsonov | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:15 | 1:17 | 0:00 | 17:32 |
| 20 M. Johnson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:34 | 0:00 | 4:23 | 16:57 |
| 20 C. Higgins | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:11 | 0:43 | 3:40 | 18:34 |
| 28 S. Begin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 8:39 | 0:00 | 1:57 | 10:36 |
| 25 M. Dandenault | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 15:39 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18:23 | 1:14 | 0:00 | 19:37 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 | 1:14 | 1:57 | 17:26 |
| 42 A. Perezhogin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:02 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 18:06 | 0:46 | 3:27 | 22:19 |
| 44 A. Downey | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 0 | 4:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:42 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 | 1:14 | 5:06 | 19:55 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 15:57 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 | 0:46 | 5:20 | 26:17 |
| 73 G. Latendresse | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:17 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 21273 |
| Referees | Dan Marouelli, Francois StLaurent |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux |
| 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 |