

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| VAN | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - BARNES (1), MALAKHOV (1), GIONTA (1) |
| Vancouver - ELIAS (2), BUTSAYEV (2), CONROY (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 11 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| VAN | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (24 SV) L |
| Vancouver - Jose Theodore (26 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 1 of 3 |
| Vancouver | 2 of 6 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 16500 | |
| Net Profit | $1,267,200 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| N. DIMITRAKOS VAN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:34 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| A. ZYUZIN MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 01:02 |
| J. THEODORE VAN (DELAY-OF-GAME, Minor) 02:53 (Served by Scott Young) |
| A. ZYUZIN MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:01 |
| A. DAIGLE MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:53 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| K. TKACHUK MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:07 |
| J. ARNOTT MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 07:48 |
| J. JAGR VAN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 07:48 |
| S. YOUNG VAN (CHARGING, Minor) 12:04 |
| J. CORVO MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 13:22 |
| A. ZHITNIK MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 19:22 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 07:55 | BARNES 3 (ARNOTT, ALFREDSSON) (PP) | 1-0 |
| MONTREAL | 10:58 | MALAKHOV 2 (SULLIVAN, CORVO) | 2-0 |
| MONTREAL | 18:57 | GIONTA 18 (MALAKHOV, MATTEAU) | 3-0 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VANCOUVER | 07:33 | CONROY 13 (GELINAS, JAGR) | 3-1 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VANCOUVER | 03:28 | ELIAS 17 (YOUNG, CONROY) (PP) | 3-2 |
| VANCOUVER | 12:07 | BUTSAYEV 10 (UNASSISTED) (SH) | 3-3 |
| VANCOUVER | 16:45 | BUTSAYEV 11 (JAGR, JOVANOVSKI) | 3-4 |
| VANCOUVER | 19:48 | ELIAS 18 (CONROY, YOUNG) (PP) | 3-5 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Malakhov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Brian Gionta | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Stu Barnes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garth Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Niklas Backstrom | 24 | 29 | 0.828 | L | 7-4-1 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Conroy | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Patrick Elias | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Yuri Butsayev | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Scott Young | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Ed Jovanovski | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Martin Gelinas | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Bryce Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Cory Stillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Glen Wesley | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Jay Pondolfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Streit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Matt Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Pierre Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 26 | 29 | 0.897 | W | 12-15-1 |
| Garth Snow enters game at 19:48 of 3rd period |
| 1 | Patrick Elias | VAN |
| 2 | Craig Conroy | VAN |
| 3 | Jaromir Jagr | VAN |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Nikolai Khabibulin |
| Halifax: Chris Osgood |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Alex Frolov 13 (Patrick Rissmiller, Luke Richardson) |
| Patrick Rissmiller 8 (Rich Peverley, David Legwand) |
| Chris Gratton 8 (Matt Hendricks, Andreas Lilja) |
| Yannick Tremblay 6 (David Hale, Konstantin Koltsov) |