

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - ARNOTT (2), DAIGLE (1), ALFREDSSON (1), SULLIVAN (1), ZHITNIK (1) |
| Boston - NONE |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| BOS | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Nikolai Khabibulin (26 SV) W |
| Boston - Roberto Luongo (22 SV) L |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 2 of 5 |
| Boston | 0 of 3 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| M. HANDZUS BOS (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:46 |
| B. ROLSTON BOS (CHARGING, Minor) 11:04 |
| A. ZHITNIK MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 12:38 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| C. PHILLIPS BOS (CHARGING, Minor) 02:13 |
| T. GREEN MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 03:59 |
| C. NEIL BOS (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 03:59 |
| M. SCHNEIDER MTL (ELBOWING, Major, Game Misconduct) 10:02 (Served by Andrei Zyuzin) |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| C. PHILLIPS BOS (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 13:42 |
| C. NEELY BOS (CHARGING, Minor) 16:35 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 17:47 | DAIGLE 12 (ZETTLER, ARNOTT) | 1-0 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 01:03 | ALFREDSSON 14 (MALAKHOV, KHABIBULIN) | 2-0 |
| MONTREAL | 18:17 | SULLIVAN 13 (MATTEAU, CORVO) | 3-0 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 09:02 | ZHITNIK 6 (LANGKOW, LEHTINEN) | 4-0 |
| MONTREAL | 15:01 | ARNOTT 12 (GIONTA) (PP) | 5-0 |
| MONTREAL | 15:39 | ARNOTT 13 (TKACHUK, ZHITNIK) (PP) | 6-0 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Arnott | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Steve Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 26 | 26 | 1.000 | W | 12-8-2 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Deadmarsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Brad Bombardir | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| Brad Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Cam Neely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| Chris Neil | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| Chris Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| Doug Bodger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Gino Odjick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jarret Stoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Recchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Mark Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Michal Handzus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Miroslav Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tom Fergus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Denis | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | ||
| Roberto Luongo | 22 | 27 | 0.815 | L | 8-9-1 |
| Patrice Brisebois injured at 04:48 of the 2nd Period |
| Mathieu Schneider ejected at 10:02 of the 2nd Period |
| Marc Denis enters game at 15:01 of 3rd period |
| 1 | Nikolai Khabibulin | MTL |
| 2 | Jason Arnott | MTL |
| 3 | Alexei Zhitnik | MTL |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Niklas Backstrom |
| Hartford: Mika Noronen |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| David Hale 4 (Patrick Rissmiller, David Legwand) |
| Steve Ott 14 (Dave Moss, Paul Brousseau) |