

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DET | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - ROBERTS (2), SULLIVAN (1) |
| Detroit - KOSTOPOULOS (1), NAGY (1), NIINIMAA (1), PALFFY (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 6 | 17 | 4 | 27 |
| DET | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (16 SV) L |
| Detroit - Nikolai Khabibulin (24 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 0 of 4 |
| Detroit | 2 of 4 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| M. SAVARD DET (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:10 |
| A. FOOTE MTL (FIGHTING) 06:52 |
| R. WARRENER DET (FIGHTING) 06:52 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| C. SIMPSON MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:43 |
| J. HALPERN DET (BOARDING, Minor) 02:46 |
| J. NIINIMAA DET (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:51 |
| K. TIMONEN DET (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:12 |
| N. DIMITRAKOS MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:20 |
| A. FOOTE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 07:28 |
| G. ROBERTS MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:02 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Penalties | |||
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 07:40 | KOSTOPOULOS 2 (YASHIN, KARPOVTSEV) | 0-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 00:57 | ROBERTS 1 (DIMITRAKOS, TKACHUK) | 1-1 |
| DETROIT | 02:29 | NAGY 2 (SAVARD, TANGUAY) (PP) | 1-2 |
| DETROIT | 13:52 | NIINIMAA 2 (NAGY, SAVARD) (PP) | 1-3 |
| MONTREAL | 17:33 | SULLIVAN 5 (FOOTE, DAIGLE) | 2-3 |
| MONTREAL | 18:45 | ROBERTS 2 (SALO) | 3-3 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 13:39 | PALFFY 4 (NAGY, SAVARD) | 3-4 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Roberts | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| Steve Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Craig Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jay McClement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jesse Winchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Matt Moulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 16 | 20 | 0.800 | L | 2-2-1 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladislav Nagy | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Janne Niinimaa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Zigmund Palffy | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Alex Tanguay | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Alexei Yashin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Ales Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Francois Beauchemin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| Jeff Halpern | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| Krys Kolanos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 24 | 27 | 0.889 | W | 3-1-0 |
| Adam Foote beats up Rhett Warrener |
| Alexei Yashin injured at 05:39 of the 2nd Period |
| 1 | Gary Roberts | MTL |
| 2 | Marc Savard | DET |
| 3 | Ladislav Nagy | DET |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Manny Legace |
| Cleveland: Dimitri Patzold |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Valtteri Filppula 2 (Teddy Purcell, Dmitry Yushkevich) |
| Chris Gratton 3 (Yannick Tremblay, Trevor Daley) |
| Cory Sarich 2 (Eric Staal, Dan McGillis) |