FINAL
1
Montreal
41-30-7 (3rd Eastern)
6
Detroit
30-44-5 (8e Eastern)Joe Louis Arena
| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DET | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - LEHTINEN (1) |
| Detroit - NOLAN (3), SAVARD (1), DAZE (1), PALFFY (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| DET | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (20 SV) L |
| Detroit - Tim Thomas (19 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 0 of 3 |
| Detroit | 0 of 2 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
Game Summary
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| Z. PALFFY DET (BOARDING, Minor) 08:01 |
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:40 |
| T. AMONTE DET (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:40 |
| D. BOYLE DET (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:08 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| B. GIONTA MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:51 |
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:05 |
| K. PRIMEAU DET (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 19:05 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| V. MALAKHOV MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 12:31 |
| Z. PALFFY DET (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 14:01 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 00:39 | NOLAN 8 (TANGUAY, TIMONEN) | 0-1 |
| DETROIT | 04:07 | SAVARD 12 (OLAUSSON, NOLAN) | 0-2 |
| MONTREAL | 05:23 | LEHTINEN 4 (ALFREDSSON, BACKSTROM) | 1-2 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 02:02 | NOLAN 9 (DEMITRA, BOYLE) | 1-3 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 02:31 | DAZE 6 (TIMONEN, TURCOTTE) | 1-4 |
| DETROIT | 05:21 | PALFFY 12 (SAVARD, SOURAY) | 1-5 |
| DETROIT | 11:03 | NOLAN 10 (TIMONEN, TANGUAY) | 1-6 |
Statistics
Skaters
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jere Lehtinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
Goalies
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garth Snow | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | ||
| Niklas Backstrom | 20 | 25 | 0.800 | L | 6-3-1 |
Skaters
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Nolan | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Marc Savard | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Alex Tanguay | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| Eric Daze | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Zigmund Palffy | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| Dan Boyle | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Darren Turcotte | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fredrik Olausson | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Pavol Demitra | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Chris Therien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Kris Draper | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Martin Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rob Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Amonte | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
Goalies
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thomas | 19 | 20 | 0.95 | W | 10-12-0 |
Game Notes
| Garth Snow enters game at 05:21 of 3rd period |
| Owen Nolan scores a hat trick |
Game Stars
| 1 | Owen Nolan | DET |
| 2 | Marc Savard | DET |
| 3 | Kimmo Timonen | DET |
Minor League Box Score
3
Yellowknif
3
Cleveland
| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Nikolai Khabibulin |
| Cleveland: Manny Legace |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Alex Frolov 12 (Matt Hendricks, Niklas Kronwall) |
| Chris Gratton 4 (Derek Boogaard, Rich Peverley) |
| Derek Boogaard 5 (Patrick Rissmiller, Konstantin Koltsov) |
| Andrei Nikolishin 5 (Steve Rucchin, Tom Preissing) |
| John-Michael Liles 6 (Ladislav Nagy, Brian Holzinger) |
| Ladislav Nagy 20 (Martin Havlat, Rhett Warrener) |