

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| DET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - TKACHUK (4), LEHTINEN (1), YELLE (1), ALFREDSSON (1), SULLIVAN (1) |
| Detroit - TANGUAY (2) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 18 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| DET | 7 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (27 SV) W |
| Detroit - Olaf Kolzig (18 SV) L |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 2 of 4 |
| Detroit | 0 of 2 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| O. NOLAN DET (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:56 |
| S. YELLE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 09:02 |
| S. GONCHAR DET (HOOKING, Minor) 09:02 |
| J. ROENICK DET (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 18:57 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| S. YELLE MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 03:01 |
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (FIGHTING) 10:50 |
| J. ROENICK DET (FIGHTING) 10:50 |
| S. SALO MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 11:14 |
| W. MITCHELL MTL (FIGHTING) 17:07 |
| J. ROENICK DET (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 17:07 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| O. NOLAN DET (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:41 |
| E. COLE DET (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 14:10 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 04:43 | TKACHUK 12 (FERENCE, BACKSTROM) (PP) | 1-0 |
| DETROIT | 07:30 | TANGUAY 11 (NOLAN, PREISSING) | 1-1 |
| MONTREAL | 13:19 | LEHTINEN 6 (DIMITRAKOS, YELLE) | 2-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 02:49 | TKACHUK 13 (CORVO, BACKSTROM) | 3-1 |
| MONTREAL | 05:45 | YELLE 4 (ARNOTT, DAIGLE) | 4-1 |
| MONTREAL | 06:42 | ALFREDSSON 20 (ARNOTT, TKACHUK) | 5-1 |
| MONTREAL | 13:42 | TKACHUK 14 (ALFREDSSON, FERENCE) | 6-1 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 00:48 | TKACHUK 15 (CORVO) | 7-1 |
| MONTREAL | 14:14 | SULLIVAN 17 (CORVO, MATTEAU) (PP) | 8-1 |
| DETROIT | 16:01 | TANGUAY 12 (SAVARD, BOYLE) | 8-2 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Tkachuk | 4 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Stephane Yelle | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Steve Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Pat Elynuik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 27 | 29 | 0.931 | W | 7-5-1 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tanguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Dan Boyle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Owen Nolan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| Tom Preissing | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Erik Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jeremy Roenick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 13 |
| Keith Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Ladislav Nagy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Pavol Demitra | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Gonchar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Steve Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wes Walz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Zigmund Palffy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kolzig | 18 | 23 | 0.783 | L | 9-11-3 |
| Manny Legace | 12 | 15 | 0.8 |
| Manny Legace enters game at 06:42 of 2nd period |
| Luke Richardson and Jeremy Roenick fight to a draw |
| Willie Mitchell and Jeremy Roenick fight to a draw |
| Jeremy Roenick ejected at 17:07 of the 2nd Period |
| Keith Tkachuk scores a hat trick |
| 1 | Keith Tkachuk | MTL |
| 2 | Joe Corvo | MTL |
| 3 | Alex Tanguay | DET |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Tim Thomas |
| Cleveland: Antti Niemi |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Andreas Lilja 7 (Matt Moulson, Konstantin Koltsov) |
| Alex Frolov 14 (Bill Lindsay, Scott Walker) |
| Trevor Daley 5 (Yannick Tremblay, Tomas Kopecky) |
| Andreas Lilja 8 (Derek Boogaard, Matt Hendricks) |
| Alex Frolov 15 (Jay McClement, Rich Peverley) |
| Matt Hendricks 10 (David Hale, unknown) |
| Alex Frolov 16 (unknown, unknown) |
| Yannick Tremblay 6 (unknown, unknown) |
| Matt Moulson 8 (unknown, unknown) |
| Tom Gilbert 6 (Martin Lapointe, Alyn McCauley) |
| Dan McGillis 1 (Shawn Thornton, Juraj Kolnik) |
| Patrik Stefan 13 (Ryan Malone, Ryan Whitney) |
| Mark Parrish 15 (Marian Cisar, Kris Beech) |
| Yanic Perreault 4 (Chris Simon, Dennis Seidenberg) |