
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:58 | VAN | Daniel Sedin (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: H. Sedin (8) & A. Edler (4) |
| 06:04 | MIN | PPG - Marek Zidlicky (1) Slap Shot - Assists: M. Cullen (5) & A. Miettinen (3) |
| 07:20 | MIN | Guillaume Latendresse (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Falk (1) & M. Havlat (4) |
| 18:10 | MIN | PPG - Cal Clutterbuck (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: G. Latendresse (1) & M. Havlat (5) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:54 | MIN | John Madden (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Burns (1) & N. Schultz (1) |
| 12:21 | MIN | Andrew Brunette (2) Snap Shot - Assists: M. Zidlicky (2) & A. Miettinen (4) |
| 13:46 | MIN | PPG - Matt Cullen (3) Slap Shot - Assists: M. Koivu (4) & M. Zidlicky (3) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:31 | VAN | PPG - Daniel Sedin (6) Snap Shot - Assists: H. Sedin (9) & M. Samuelsson (5) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:05 | MIN | Cal Clutterbuck : Interference - 2 min |
| 05:29 | VAN | Christian Ehrhoff : Slashing - 2 min |
| 07:48 | MIN | Greg Zanon : Interference - 2 min |
| 10:52 | VAN | Rick Rypien : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 10:52 | MIN | Brad Staubitz : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 16:30 | VAN | Mikael Samuelsson : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:51 | MIN | Eric Nystrom : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 13:38 | MIN | Brad Staubitz : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:38 | VAN | Rick Rypien served by Guillaume Desbiens : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:38 | VAN | Rick Rypien : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:38 | VAN | Rick Rypien : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 15:06 | MIN | Matt Cullen : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:04 | MIN | Matt Cullen : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:10 | MIN | Nick Schultz : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
VAN |
7 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
MIN |
11 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
VAN |
1 R. Luongo (L) | 10 - 13 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 18 | 0.667 | 39:57 |
VAN |
35 C. Schneider | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 6 - 6 | 1.000 | 20:00 |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 20 - 21 | 5 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 27 | 0.926 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
VAN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 K. Bieksa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 | 5:19 | 1:14 | 23:38 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:57 | 5:40 | 1:09 | 21:46 |
| 13 R. Torres | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 | 4:05 | 0:00 | 17:18 |
| 15 T. Glass | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 9:52 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 10:29 |
| 17 R. Kesler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:32 | 4:50 | 1:12 | 17:34 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 0:08 | 0:43 | 13:48 |
| 34 R. Parent | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:28 |
| 21 M. Raymond | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:51 | 4:15 | 0:40 | 17:46 |
| 22 D. Sedin | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12:50 | 5:24 | 0:00 | 18:14 |
| 23 A. Edler | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 | 6:02 | 0:39 | 25:36 |
| 37 M. Samuelsson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 12:35 | 5:22 | 0:00 | 17:57 |
| 27 M. Malhotra | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 | 0:22 | 1:03 | 15:58 |
| 27 A. Rome | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 | 2:36 | 0:00 | 16:55 |
| 33 H. Sedin | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 | 5:33 | 0:00 | 20:26 |
| 34 G. Desbiens | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:41 |
| 36 J. Hansen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 | 1:54 | 0:31 | 13:36 |
| 11 R. Rypien | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19 | 0 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:03 |
| 41 A. Alberts | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 14:27 |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 | 1:35 | 4:17 | 18:15 |
| 4 G. Zanon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:31 | 0:03 | 3:37 | 18:11 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11:50 | 1:28 | 2:14 | 15:32 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 | 0:45 | 5:04 | 21:53 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 | 1:28 | 3:49 | 15:45 |
| 10 J. Madden | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 | 0:18 | 4:05 | 17:55 |
| 12 C. Kobasew | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:18 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 12:35 |
| 25 B. Staubitz | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:21 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 | 1:28 | 1:29 | 13:32 |
| 21 K. Brodziak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:08 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 15:34 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13:21 | 0:55 | 3:16 | 17:32 |
| 24 E. Nystrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 2:03 | 15:19 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 | 0:55 | 0:07 | 14:12 |
| 18 C. Barker | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 | 0:52 | 1:37 | 20:55 |
| 44 J. Falk | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 | 0:03 | 0:57 | 19:12 |
| 73 G. Latendresse | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 | 0:37 | 0:07 | 14:30 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:07 | 0:00 | 5:04 | 20:11 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16806 |
| Referees | Chris Lee, Mike Leggo |
| Linesmen | Don Henderson, Michel Cormier |
| 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 |