

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:40 | MTL | PPG - Mike Ribeiro Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Souray & M. Ryder |
| 16:24 | NYI | PPG - Justin Papineau Backhand - Assists: K. Jonsson |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:46 | MTL | Michael Ryder Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Koivu & J. Bulis |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:08 | NYI | Dave Scatchard : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:39 | MTL | Richard Zednik : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:39 | MTL | Richard Zednik : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 13:33 | NYI | Sven Butenschon : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 15:34 | NYI | Jason Blake : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:19 | NYI | Janne Niinimaa : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:45 | MTL | Saku Koivu : Holding - Obstruction - 2 min |
| 02:44 | NYI | Roman Hamrlik : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
10 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
MTL |
14 | 16 | 8 | 38 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
30 G. Snow (L) | 27 - 28 | 8 - 9 | 1 - 1 | 36 - 38 | 0.947 | 58:47 |
MTL |
60 J. Theodore (W) | 24 - 24 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 27 - 28 | 0.964 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 A. Aucoin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 | 2:48 | 5:53 | 23:53 |
| 40 R. Hamrlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:21 | 1:56 | 3:23 | 21:40 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 15:44 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 18:43 |
| 18 M. Weinhandl | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:19 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 8:04 |
| 11 O. Kvasha | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:03 | 1:16 | 4:50 | 19:09 |
| 17 S. Bates | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 18:57 |
| 20 E. Manlow | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 6:04 |
| 29 M. Czerkawski | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:57 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 13:06 |
| 4 R. Martinek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:22 | 1:05 | 0:00 | 12:27 |
| 26 J. Papineau | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:56 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 8:31 |
| 19 M. Peca | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 | 0:00 | 3:40 | 19:15 |
| 3 K. Jonsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:46 | 2:14 | 4:10 | 25:10 |
| 38 D. Scatchard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 15:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:14 |
| 6 J. Niinimaa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:28 | 1:25 | 3:34 | 26:27 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 13:33 |
| 52 S. Butenschon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 10:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:38 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 14:29 |
| 77 C. Ronning | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 | 3:28 | 0:00 | 17:16 |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 S. Quintal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 | 0:02 | 3:07 | 20:37 |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:45 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13:53 | 5:53 | 0:16 | 20:02 |
| 15 D. Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:15 |
| 24 J. Ward | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 | 0:33 | 2:09 | 15:19 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14:19 | 6:05 | 0:00 | 20:24 |
| 28 S. Begin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:49 | 0:33 | 1:47 | 10:09 |
| 26 P. Dagenais | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:06 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 13:18 |
| 24 N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 | 0:12 | 1:08 | 13:46 |
| 38 J. Bulis | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:56 | 1:41 | 0:58 | 16:35 |
| 71 P. Brisebois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:31 | 2:39 | 1:37 | 21:47 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:29 | 5:50 | 3:12 | 25:31 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 14:59 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:08 | 6:38 | 0:00 | 21:46 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:24 | 5:46 | 0:00 | 19:10 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 | 2:36 | 0:58 | 19:25 |
| 90 J. Juneau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 | 0:33 | 3:10 | 16:14 |
| 94 Y. Perreault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:51 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 9:13 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 21273 |
| Referees | Marc Joannette, Dean Warren |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Michel Cormier |