

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DET | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - SULLIVAN (1) |
| Detroit - KOVALEV (2), PALFFY (1), MOROZOV (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| DET | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (27 SV) L |
| Detroit - Nikolai Khabibulin (21 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 1 of 4 |
| Detroit | 0 of 5 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| M. SAVARD DET (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:55 |
| A. KOTALIK DET (CHARGING, Minor) 04:56 |
| A. FERENCE MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 12:27 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| S. SALO MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 04:13 |
| D. SEIDENBERG DET (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:31 |
| K. TKACHUK MTL (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 17:18 |
| S. BRYLIN DET (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 17:18 |
| J. CORVO MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 19:48 |
| R. WARRENER DET (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:48 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| A. TANGUAY DET (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 00:54 |
| S. SALO MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 06:22 |
| D. LANGKOW MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 08:56 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 05:28 | SULLIVAN 16 (ALFREDSSON, CORVO) (PP) | 1-0 |
| DETROIT | 19:30 | PALFFY 10 (YASHIN, TIMONEN) | 1-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 00:52 | MOROZOV 8 (SAVARD, BEAUCHEMIN) | 1-2 |
| DETROIT | 17:41 | KOVALEV 14 (YASHIN, NIINIMAA) | 1-3 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 08:21 | KOVALEV 15 (YASHIN, PALFFY) | 1-4 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Craig Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Gary Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Jesse Winchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Matt Moulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Yannick Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 27 | 31 | 0.871 | L | 10-5-2 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Yashin | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Alex Kovalev | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Zigmund Palffy | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Aleksey Morozov | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Francois Beauchemin | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Alex Tanguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| Jeff Halpern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Krys Kolanos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Shawn Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 21 | 22 | 0.955 | W | 11-5-1 |
| None |
| 1 | Alex Kovalev | DET |
| 2 | Alexei Yashin | DET |
| 3 | Zigmund Palffy | DET |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Manny Legace |
| Cleveland: Dimitri Patzold |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Kyle Brodziak 5 (Teddy Purcell, Konstantin Koltsov) |
| Pascal Dupuis 11 (Marian Cisar, Dan McGillis) |
| Karel Rachunek 3 (Paul Mara, Mark Parrish) |
| Matt Johnson 8 (Chris Therien, Mike Richards) |
| Martin Lapointe 8 (Marek Svatos, Shea Weber) |