
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:54 | FLA | Rostislav Olesz Slap Shot - Assists: O. Jokinen & M. Van Ryn |
| 10:50 | NYI | PPG - Ryan Smyth Slap Shot - Assists: M. Sillinger & T. Hunter |
| 13:00 | NYI | Mike Sillinger Slap Shot - Assists: R. Smyth & M. Bergeron |
| 15:54 | FLA | Ville Peltonen Backhand - Assists: C. Gratton & J. Bouwmeester |
| 16:56 | NYI | PPG - Mike Sillinger Slap Shot - Assists: T. Hunter & T. Poti |
| 17:31 | FLA | Gregory Campbell Slap Shot - Assists: D. Booth & O. Jokinen |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:59 | FLA | Juraj Kolnik Slap Shot - Assists: V. Peltonen & C. Gratton |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:16 | NYI | PPG - Marc-Andre Bergeron Slap Shot - Assists: R. Smyth & M. Sillinger |
| 06:04 | FLA | Olli Jokinen Wrap-Around - Assists: R. Olesz & B. Allen |
| 07:05 | FLA | Olli Jokinen Slap Shot - Assists: D. Booth & G. Campbell |
| 17:02 | NYI | Ryan Smyth Slap Shot - Assists: M. Bergeron & J. Blake |
| 19:17 | FLA | EN - Jozef Stumpel Slap Shot - Assists: O. Jokinen & V. Peltonen |
| 19:54 | FLA | EN - Ville Peltonen Slap Shot - Assists: J. Stumpel & O. Jokinen |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:15 | FLA | Mike Van Ryn : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 10:50 | FLA | Steve Montador : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:43 | FLA | Steve Montador : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 13:22 | NYI | Alexei Yashin : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:54 | FLA | Mike Van Ryn : Holding - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
13 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
FLA |
8 | 19 | 8 | 35 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
30 M. Dunham (L) | 24 - 30 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 33 | 0.818 | 59:19 |
FLA |
20 E. Belfour (W) | 26 - 28 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 28 - 33 | 0.848 | 59:52 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 | 2:44 | 1:37 | 25:10 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 17:56 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 | 2:14 | 0:52 | 17:32 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 5:08 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:35 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 14:27 | 1:26 | 0:00 | 15:53 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 13:54 | 2:26 | 0:52 | 17:12 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:32 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:12 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 | 1:53 | 0:26 | 18:59 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 20:21 |
| 24 F. Meyer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 15:46 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:11 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 22:59 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 8 | 19:14 | 1:32 | 0:18 | 21:04 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18:07 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 19:51 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 13:42 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 20:25 | 2:38 | 0:42 | 23:45 |
FLA |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 19 J. Bouwmeester | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:57 | 0:56 | 2:33 | 29:26 |
| 55 B. Allen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 23:34 |
| 5 S. Montador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5:26 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 6:26 |
| 9 S. Weiss | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 15:04 | 1:37 | 0:49 | 17:30 |
| 11 G. Campbell | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 12:13 |
| 12 O. Jokinen | C | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17:08 | 1:37 | 0:23 | 19:08 |
| 13 J. Kolnik | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:00 | 0:23 | 0:00 | 13:23 |
| 15 J. Stumpel | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 | 1:09 | 1:36 | 17:39 |
| 18 N. Horton | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 14:48 | 1:37 | 0:49 | 17:14 |
| 18 V. Peltonen | L | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 2:01 | 16:25 |
| 21 A. Semenov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:33 |
| 23 M. Gelinas | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 16:02 |
| 24 R. Salei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 | 1:04 | 1:37 | 21:58 |
| 26 M. Van Ryn | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22:31 | 0:23 | 0:37 | 23:31 |
| 7 D. Booth | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:59 |
| 51 R. Globke | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:34 |
| 77 C. Gratton | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:36 |
| 85 R. Olesz | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 | 0:23 | 1:20 | 15:32 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17078 |
| Referees | Gord Dwyer, Tim Peel |
| Linesmen | Pierre Champoux, 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 |