
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:30 | MTL | SHG - Chris Higgins Backhand - Assists: A. Markov |
| 18:32 | MTL | Alex Kovalev Snap Shot - Assists: S. Samsonov & A. Perezhogin |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:19 | OTT | Jason Spezza Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Heatley & C. Schubert |
| 18:44 | MTL | EN - Andrei Markov Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 19:03 | MTL | Steve Begin Snap Shot - Assists: M. Johnson & R. Bonk |
| 19:51 | OTT | Tom Preissing Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Neil |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:26 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 02:32 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson : Hooking - 2 min |
| 04:51 | MTL | Radek Bonk : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:01 | OTT | Chris Neil : Holding - 2 min |
| 12:16 | MTL | Alexander Perezhogin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 19:51 | MTL | Andrei Markov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:03 | MTL | Alexander Perezhogin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 05:40 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:46 | MTL | Janne Niinimaa : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:43 | MTL | Andrei Markov : Tripping - 2 min |
| 15:47 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:35 | OTT | Peter Schaefer : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
7 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
MTL |
7 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (L) | 16 - 18 | 6 - 6 | 3 - 4 | 25 - 28 | 0.893 | 59:41 |
MTL |
1 D. Aebischer (W) | 15 - 17 | 11 - 11 | 5 - 5 | 31 - 33 | 0.939 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 16:24 | 0:17 | 4:57 | 21:38 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 | 0:56 | 0:08 | 11:06 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 7 | 15:52 | 7:43 | 2:52 | 26:27 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 14:39 | 7:51 | 1:19 | 23:49 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 | 3:34 | 2:37 | 16:42 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 12:37 | 7:11 | 3:11 | 22:59 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 12:59 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 20:45 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:22 | 0:19 | 0:00 | 3:41 |
| 17 D. Hamel | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:33 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 | 8:05 | 0:00 | 21:23 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:00 | 0:42 | 4:48 | 15:30 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3:47 | 0:05 | 5:03 | 8:55 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:27 | 0:12 | 6:10 | 19:49 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9:08 | 4:31 | 0:00 | 13:39 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:20 | 1:31 | 1:54 | 15:45 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 | 0:12 | 1:27 | 13:40 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11:13 | 3:43 | 0:26 | 15:22 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 | 5:02 | 0:36 | 16:21 |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 6 J. Niinimaa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 16:02 | 0:00 | 3:12 | 19:14 |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 5:02 | 17:33 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:45 | 5:07 | 2:27 | 16:19 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12:44 | 1:26 | 3:34 | 17:44 |
| 14 S. Samsonov | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:17 | 2:19 | 0:05 | 11:41 |
| 20 M. Johnson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:19 | 1:06 | 3:29 | 15:54 |
| 20 C. Higgins | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9:09 | 5:27 | 2:58 | 17:34 |
| 28 S. Begin | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8:28 | 0:00 | 4:49 | 13:17 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:24 | 2:19 | 1:01 | 13:44 |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 | 2:14 | 0:43 | 16:01 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 3:47 | 12:55 |
| 42 A. Perezhogin | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8:51 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 11:09 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:27 | 6:44 | 5:49 | 23:00 |
| 44 A. Downey | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:58 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 | 2:08 | 6:11 | 20:52 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:03 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 16:30 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14:11 | 6:38 | 3:22 | 24:11 |
| 73 G. Latendresse | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:26 | 1:06 | 0:01 | 11:33 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 21273 |
| Referees | Marc Joannette, Chris Rooney |
| Linesmen | David Brisebois, Greg Devorski |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| E. Karlsson | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Turris | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Condra | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 9 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Michalek | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Zibanejad | 9 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 3 | 0 | .928 | 2.66 |