

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:55 | TBL | Brad Richards Slap Shot - Assists: N. Pratt |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:58 | TBL | PPG - Rob Dimaio Tip-In - Assists: D. Boyle & P. Kubina |
| 06:51 | TBL | PPG - Freddy Modin Slap Shot - Assists: V. Prospal & R. DiMaio |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:23 | TBL | PPG - Freddy Modin Slap Shot - Assists: M. St Louis & V. Prospal |
| 18:47 | PIT | SHG - Maxime Talbot Tip-In - Assists: R. Jackman & M. Recchi |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:48 | PIT | Lasse Pirjeta : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:42 | PIT | Richard Jackman : Holding - 2 min |
| 19:41 | PIT | Lasse Pirjeta : Holding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:30 | PIT | Richard Jackman : Interference - 2 min |
| 05:43 | PIT | Dick Tarnstrom : Holding - 2 min |
| 09:10 | TBL | Martin Cibak : Holding - 2 min |
| 17:06 | TBL | Pavel Kubina : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 20:00 | PIT | Dick Tarnstrom : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:09 | PIT | Erik Christensen : Slashing - 2 min |
| 14:43 | PIT | Josef Melichar : Hooking - 2 min |
| 17:06 | PIT | Sidney Crosby : Cross checking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
PIT |
9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
TBL |
9 | 18 | 9 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
PIT |
35 J. Thibault (L) | 22 - 23 | 10 - 13 | 0 - 0 | 32 - 36 | 0.889 | 60:00 |
TBL |
37 J. Grahame (W) | 15 - 15 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 6 | 20 - 21 | 0.952 | 59:59 |
| Skater Stats |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:32 | 0:00 | 3:23 | 16:55 |
| 7 M. Ouellet | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:46 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 | 1:55 | 5:21 | 17:59 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 13:51 |
| 11 L. Pirjeta | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10:09 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 10:32 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:12 | 2:13 | 3:37 | 15:02 |
| 26 E. Christensen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15:06 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 15:52 |
| 18 M. Murley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 6:18 | 9:44 |
| 6 R. Whitney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | 0:51 | 8:57 | 23:51 |
| 5 R. Jackman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13:30 | 1:35 | 1:22 | 16:27 |
| 24 L. Odelein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 | 0:00 | 8:00 | 21:25 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:38 | 0:00 | 9:24 | 15:02 |
| 24 M. Hussey | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 10:04 |
| 23 D. Tarnstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12:46 | 2:25 | 3:27 | 18:38 |
| 33 Z. Palffy | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 | 2:25 | 4:22 | 20:35 |
| 37 R. Vandenbussche | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:12 |
| S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 | 3:09 | 5:05 | 20:22 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:18 | 2:05 | 1:16 | 18:39 |
TBL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 V. Lecavalier | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:05 | 4:52 | 0:00 | 15:57 |
| 44 D. Sydor | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 16:21 |
| 8 M. Cibak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9:32 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 10:51 |
| 13 P. Kubina | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15:46 | 6:49 | 0:56 | 23:31 |
| 26 R. Fedotenko | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:56 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 16:02 |
| 16 R. Dimaio | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 8:24 | 4:22 | 0:15 | 13:01 |
| 19 B. Richards | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:01 | 8:46 | 1:41 | 20:28 |
| 22 V. Prospal | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:50 | 8:07 | 0:00 | 17:57 |
| 6 C. Sarich | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 | 0:46 | 2:11 | 18:55 |
| 22 D. Boyle | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:52 | 12:40 | 0:00 | 21:32 |
| 25 D. Andreychuk | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:17 | 4:02 | 1:10 | 14:29 |
| 26 M. St Louis | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:18 | 6:45 | 2:04 | 20:07 |
| 27 T. Taylor | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:37 | 1:59 | 1:30 | 13:06 |
| 27 D. Afanasenkov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 12:28 |
| 19 F. Modin | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:46 | 5:59 | 1:20 | 17:05 |
| 4 N. Pratt | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 | 0:27 | 1:49 | 17:55 |
| 54 P. Ranger | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 | 2:46 | 0:53 | 13:45 |
| 76 E. Artyukhin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:34 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 11:27 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 20218 |
| Referees | Don Koharski, Dan O'Rourke |
| Linesmen | Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray |