

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| BOS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - ARNOTT (3), DAIGLE (1), ALFREDSSON (1), ZHITNIK (1) |
| Boston - SATAN (3) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| BOS | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (20 SV) W |
| Boston - Roberto Luongo (17 SV) L |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 1 of 3 |
| Boston | 0 of 5 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 15639 | |
| Net Profit | $938,340 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 04:50 |
| B. STUART BOS (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:49 |
| B. STUART BOS (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:07 |
| S. MATTEAU MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 14:35 (Served by Joe Corvo) |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| V. MALAKHOV MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 06:28 |
| R. ZETTLER MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:19 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| A. DAIGLE MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 01:29 |
| B. BERARD BOS (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 06:04 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 02:41 | ARNOTT 5 (SULLIVAN, DAIGLE) | 1-0 |
| BOSTON | 09:09 | SATAN 4 (DEADMARSH) | 1-1 |
| BOSTON | 13:46 | SATAN 5 (ROLSTON, BOMBARDIR) | 1-2 |
| MONTREAL | 17:43 | ARNOTT 6 (GIONTA, ZETTLER) | 2-2 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 09:08 | ARNOTT 7 (SULLIVAN, CORVO) | 3-2 |
| MONTREAL | 17:11 | DAIGLE 5 (RICHARDSON, BARNES) | 4-2 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 01:29 | ALFREDSSON 7 (SULLIVAN, MALAKHOV) | 5-2 |
| MONTREAL | 08:56 | ZHITNIK 2 (SULLIVAN, GIONTA) (PP) | 6-2 |
| BOSTON | 15:02 | SATAN 6 (BOMBARDIR, DEADMARSH) | 6-3 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| Jason Arnott | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Derek Boogaard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 20 | 23 | 0.870 | W | 5-1-1 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Adam Deadmarsh | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Brad Bombardir | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Brad Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Cam Neely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darius Kasparitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Dave Moss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Bodger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gino Odjick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Mark Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michal Handzus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Ruslan Salei | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Scott Gomez | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Tom Fergus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Denis | 11 | 12 | 0.917 | ||
| Roberto Luongo | 17 | 22 | 0.773 | L | 3-5-0 |
| Doug Bodger injured at 14:35 of the 1st Period |
| Stephane Matteau ejected at 14:35 of the 1st Period |
| Jason Arnott injured at 13:46 of the 2nd Period |
| Marc Denis enters game at 01:29 of 3rd period |
| Jason Arnott scores a hat trick |
| Miroslav Satan scores a hat trick |
| 1 | Jason Arnott | MTL |
| 2 | Steve Sullivan | MTL |
| 3 | Miroslav Satan | BOS |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Nikolai Khabibulin |
| Hartford: Mika Noronen |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| David Hale 2 (Chris Gratton, Andreas Lilja) |
| Niklas Kronwall 5 (Rich Peverley, unknown) |
| Andreas Lilja 3 (Alex Frolov, unknown) |
| Alex Frolov 8 (unknown, unknown) |
| Rich Peverley 6 (Patrick Rissmiller, Konstantin Koltsov) |
| Patrick Rissmiller 2 (Yannick Tremblay, David Legwand) |
| David Legwand 3 (Matt Hendricks, Frantisek Kaberle) |
| Kris Beech 3 (Paul Brousseau, Jody Hull) |
| Keith Ballard 2 (Michael Ryder, Steve Ott) |
| Jeff Friesen 9 (Brad May, Scott Mellanby) |
| Chris Phillips 4 (Donald Brashear, Boris Mironov) |
| Chris Phillips 5 (Willie Mitchell, Jarret Stoll) |
| Scott Mellanby 8 (Denis Arkhipov, John Scott) |
| Chris Phillips 6 (Martin Skoula, Tom Poti) |
| Scott Mellanby 9 (Craig Rivet, Patrice Brisebois) |
| Jeff Friesen 10 (Brian Savage, Kris Beech) |
| Denis Arkhipov 3 (Vitaly Vishnevski, Michael Ryder) |
| Patrice Brisebois 3 (Craig Rivet, Donald Brashear) |
| Denis Arkhipov 4 (John Scott, Scott Mellanby) |
| Jarret Stoll 2 (Denis Arkhipov, Donald Brashear) |
| Steve Ott 4 (Brad May, Paul Brousseau) |
| John Scott 4 (Boris Mironov, Scott Mellanby) |
| Brian Savage 4 (Kris Beech, Donald Brashear) |
| Tom Poti 3 (Brad May, Jody Hull) |
| Scott Mellanby 10 (Willie Mitchell, Jody Hull) |
| Jarret Stoll 3 (Steve Ott, Brad May) |
| Tom Poti 4 (Willie Mitchell, Chris Phillips) |