

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DET | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - ALFREDSSON (2), DAIGLE (1), TKACHUK (1) |
| Detroit - TANGUAY (2), KOVALEV (2), TIMONEN (1), NOLAN (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| DET | 6 | 9 | 11 | 26 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (9 SV) L |
| Detroit - Nikolai Khabibulin (15 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 1 of 7 |
| Detroit | 1 of 4 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| A. FOOTE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:54 |
| E. COLE DET (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 05:02 (Served by Owen Nolan) |
| S. BRYLIN DET (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:56 |
| S. BRYLIN DET (HOOKING, Minor) 13:21 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| S. YELLE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 06:07 |
| R. WARRENER DET (BOARDING, Minor) 12:39 |
| M. SAVARD DET (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 14:59 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| A. DAIGLE MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:49 |
| A. TANGUAY DET (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:20 |
| K. TKACHUK MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 09:34 |
| A. TANGUAY DET (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 20:00 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 01:23 | TANGUAY 1 (NIINIMAA, JOKINEN) | 0-1 |
| DETROIT | 03:22 | TANGUAY 2 (JOKINEN, KHABIBULIN) (PP) | 0-2 |
| MONTREAL | 12:55 | ALFREDSSON 3 (FOOTE, ELYNUIK) (PP) | 1-2 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 03:12 | DAIGLE 3 (TKACHUK) | 2-2 |
| DETROIT | 04:07 | KOVALEV 2 (SAVARD, TIMONEN) | 2-3 |
| MONTREAL | 05:11 | ALFREDSSON 4 (MATTEAU, ARNOTT) | 3-3 |
| DETROIT | 11:08 | TIMONEN 1 (SAVARD, KOVALEV) | 3-4 |
| DETROIT | 12:26 | NOLAN 3 (PALFFY, VISNOVSKY) | 3-5 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 03:58 | KOVALEV 3 (GONCHAR, TIMONEN) (SH) | 3-6 |
| MONTREAL | 18:16 | TKACHUK 1 (DAIGLE, SALO) | 4-6 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Alfredsson | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Pat Elynuik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garth Snow | 11 | 12 | 0.917 | ||
| Niklas Backstrom | 9 | 14 | 0.643 | L | 2-1-0 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Alex Tanguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Olli Jokinen | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| Owen Nolan | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Sergei Gonchar | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Zigmund Palffy | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Erik Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Ladislav Nagy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Steve Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Walz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 15 | 19 | 0.789 | W | 3-3-0 |
| Niko Dimitrakos injured at 05:02 of the 1st Period |
| Erik Cole ejected at 05:02 of the 1st Period |
| Garth Snow enters game at 12:26 of 2nd period |
| 1 | Alex Kovalev | DET |
| 2 | Keith Tkachuk | MTL |
| 3 | Kimmo Timonen | DET |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Ray Emery |
| Cleveland: Brian Boucher |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Valtteri Filppula 4 (Kyle Brodziak, Alex Frolov) |
| Juraj Kolnik 2 (Pascal Dupuis, Ryan Whitney) |