

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:50 | MIN | SHG - Marian Gaborik Backhand - Assists: P. Demitra & B. Burns |
| 11:05 | MIN | Pavol Demitra Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Bouchard & B. Rolston |
| 13:14 | MIN | Pierre-Marc Bouchard Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Rolston & B. Burns |
| 14:07 | DAL | Stu Barnes Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Hagman & T. Daley |
| 18:32 | MIN | Marian Gaborik Snap Shot - Assists: none |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:08 | MIN | PPG - Eric Belanger Tip-In - Assists: M. Gaborik & P. Bouchard |
| 15:34 | DAL | Steve Ott Backhand - Assists: M. Modano & J. Halpern |
| 18:21 | DAL | Matt Niskanen Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Ribeiro & A. Miettinen |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 16:04 | MIN | Mark Parrish Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Burns & K. Carney |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:44 | MIN | Brent Burns : Interference - 2 min |
| 08:01 | MIN | Brian Rolston : Interference - 2 min |
| 12:04 | DAL | Steve Ott : Boarding - 2 min |
| 12:04 | MIN | Todd Fedoruk : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 19:50 | DAL | Brenden Morrow : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 19:50 | MIN | Aaron Voros : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:02 | DAL | Krystofer Barch : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 00:02 | MIN | Todd Fedoruk : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 06:20 | DAL | Mike Ribeiro : Tripping - 2 min |
| 08:53 | DAL | Mike Ribeiro : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 10:08 | DAL | Mike Smith served by Brenden Morrow : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:54 | MIN | Todd Fedoruk : Holding - 2 min |
| 02:09 | DAL | Antti Miettinen : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 12:49 | DAL | Steve Ott served by Loui Eriksson : Abuse of officials - 2 min |
| 12:49 | DAL | Steve Ott : Abusive language - Misconduct - 0 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
DAL |
7 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
MIN |
7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
DAL |
1 M. Turco | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 0.250 | 13:14 |
DAL |
41 M. Smith (L) | 8 - 10 | 5 - 6 | 1 - 1 | 14 - 17 | 0.824 | 46:46 |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 24 - 27 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 28 | 0.893 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
DAL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 N. Grossmann | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7:20 | 0:11 | 0:57 | 8:28 |
| 3 S. Robidas | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 22:43 | 1:09 | 3:49 | 27:41 |
| 4 M. Norstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:17 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 24:28 |
| 2 M. Niskanen | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:17 | 3:04 | 3:01 | 26:22 |
| 6 T. Daley | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:14 | 0:58 | 3:24 | 24:36 |
| 9 M. Modano | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 12:11 | 3:04 | 1:55 | 17:10 |
| 10 B. Morrow | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14:31 | 2:46 | 1:28 | 18:45 |
| 24 J. Halpern | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 | 1:16 | 3:33 | 15:05 |
| 22 K. Barch | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:12 |
| 14 S. Barnes | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 12:30 |
| 12 N. Hagman | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 | 1:16 | 2:10 | 14:25 |
| 10 B. Winchester | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 | 0:11 | 0:00 | 11:04 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:45 | 2:46 | 0:12 | 18:43 |
| 21 L. Eriksson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 | 0:11 | 0:15 | 12:29 |
| 45 M. Fistric | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:22 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 5:00 |
| 9 S. Ott | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 12:07 | 1:16 | 2:06 | 15:29 |
| 39 J. Lundqvist | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 9:24 | 0:11 | 1:19 | 10:54 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16:38 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 19:24 |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 K. Carney | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 | 0:29 | 1:44 | 17:49 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 | 2:48 | 2:04 | 25:05 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 | 0:32 | 1:00 | 13:23 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17:37 | 4:10 | 1:08 | 22:55 |
| 10 M. Gaborik | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:33 | 4:05 | 0:16 | 20:54 |
| 12 B. Rolston | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13:57 | 3:13 | 0:34 | 17:44 |
| 15 J. Sheppard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:28 |
| 17 T. Fedoruk | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7:44 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 7:51 |
| 18 D. Moore | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 14:28 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 | 0:37 | 1:22 | 16:24 |
| 10 M. Parrish | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:30 | 3:12 | 2:05 | 14:47 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 | 3:20 | 2:04 | 19:07 |
| 33 P. Nummelin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 | 3:15 | 0:11 | 15:33 |
| 34 A. Voros | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5:14 | 3:02 | 0:00 | 8:16 |
| 38 P. Demitra | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:00 | 3:31 | 0:49 | 17:20 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 | 0:33 | 2:19 | 22:08 |
| 92 B. Radivojevic | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 | 0:37 | 1:16 | 16:54 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:29 | 3:27 | 0:00 | 14:56 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18568 |
| Referees | Stephane Auger, Mike Leggo |
| Linesmen | Lonnie Cameron, Mike Cvik |