
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:51 | NYI | PPG - Bill Guerin (10) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Streit (13) & D. Weight (19) |
| 17:44 | ATL | Bryan Little (11) Wrist Shot - Assists: G. Exelby (4) & V. Kozlov (11) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:04 | ATL | Ilya Kovalchuk (9) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Reasoner (5) & N. Oystrick (3) |
| 15:23 | ATL | Eric Boulton (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Crabb (2) & J. Slater (5) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:19 | ATL | PPG - Eric Perrin (2) [GOALS_807] - Assists: J. Williams (7) & I. Kovalchuk (16) |
| 11:03 | ATL | Chris Thorburn (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: I. Kovalchuk (17) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:19 | ATL | Eric Boulton : Interference - 2 min |
| 03:56 | NYI | Mark Streit : Hooking - 2 min |
| 07:19 | NYI | Andy Sutton : Roughing - 2 min |
| 07:19 | ATL | Eric Boulton : Roughing - 2 min |
| 07:19 | ATL | Boris Valabik : Roughing - 2 min |
| 09:30 | ATL | Joey Crabb : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 12:32 | NYI | Tim Jackman : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 12:32 | ATL | Chris Thorburn : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 18:04 | NYI | Andy Hilbert : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:45 | ATL | Jason Williams : Slashing - 2 min |
| 12:26 | NYI | Sean Bergenheim : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:17 | NYI | Trent Hunter : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 05:17 | NYI | Trent Hunter : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:19 | NYI | Andy Sutton : Slashing - 2 min |
| 11:29 | ATL | Tobias Enstrom : Holding - 2 min |
| 17:03 | NYI | Jon Sim : Abuse of officials - bench - 2 min |
| 18:25 | NYI | Andy Sutton : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 19:13 | ATL | Jim Slater : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:41 | ATL | Joey Crabb : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 19:41 | ATL | Boris Valabik : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 19:41 | NYI | Chris Campoli : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 19:41 | NYI | Tim Jackman : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 19:41 | NYI | Chris Campoli : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 19:41 | NYI | Joey MacDonald served by Freddy Meyer : Slashing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
ATL |
6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
NYI |
9 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
ATL |
1 J. Hedberg (W) | 23 - 23 | 4 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 28 - 29 | 0.966 | 59:56 |
NYI |
35 J. MacDonald (L) | 8 - 12 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 12 - 17 | 0.706 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
ATL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 34 G. Exelby | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | 0:00 | 3:29 | 16:11 |
| 6 R. Hainsey | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 | 6:46 | 3:08 | 22:36 |
| 39 N. Oystrick | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 | 3:13 | 0:37 | 17:21 |
| 18 B. Little | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 | 6:16 | 0:00 | 16:32 |
| 11 E. Perrin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:24 | 4:52 | 4:30 | 16:46 |
| 12 T. White | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 | 5:41 | 0:12 | 17:48 |
| 13 V. Kozlov | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:53 | 5:41 | 0:12 | 15:46 |
| 19 J. Williams | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:43 | 4:48 | 0:00 | 15:31 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 | 10:30 | 0:00 | 24:09 |
| 16 M. Reasoner | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 | 0:48 | 4:34 | 16:59 |
| 20 C. Armstrong | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:30 | 4:36 | 1:00 | 15:06 |
| 19 J. Slater | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5:53 | 1:39 | 3:46 | 11:18 |
| 22 C. Thorburn | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10:35 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 11:42 |
| 28 N. Havelid | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 | 0:38 | 4:47 | 17:33 |
| 36 E. Boulton | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5:49 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 6:40 |
| 39 T. Enstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14:09 | 3:46 | 3:36 | 21:31 |
| 15 J. Crabb | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9:18 | 0:51 | 2:50 | 12:59 |
| 3 B. Valabik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12:37 | 0:13 | 1:27 | 14:17 |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 14:46 | 6:15 | 2:05 | 23:06 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12:46 | 4:10 | 2:01 | 18:57 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:04 | 2:58 | 6:30 | 18:32 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12:27 | 2:34 | 3:57 | 18:58 |
| 12 J. Bailey | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 | 5:07 | 0:44 | 16:36 |
| 13 B. Guerin | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 11:10 | 5:46 | 0:00 | 16:56 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15 | 1 | 13:22 | 2:44 | 4:27 | 20:33 |
| 16 J. Sim | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4:59 | 2:40 | 0:10 | 7:49 |
| T. Pock | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 10:23 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 11:40 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 9:32 | 1:42 | 0:37 | 11:51 |
| 20 S. Bergenheim | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 9:00 | 0:27 | 2:58 | 12:25 |
| 25 A. Sutton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 12:50 | 0:12 | 5:21 | 18:23 |
| 15 T. Jackman | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 2 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 7:42 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:12 | 6:26 | 21:02 |
| 24 F. Meyer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 | 1:58 | 5:26 | 20:30 |
| 44 N. Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 6:07 | 0:00 | 4:59 | 11:06 |
| 14 B. Comeau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 11:18 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 11:30 |
| 93 D. Weight | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 5:43 | 0:12 | 18:58 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 14174 |
| Referees | Don Koharski, Brian Pochmara |
| Linesmen | Mike Cvik, Vaughan Rody |
| 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 |