

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| DEN | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Detroit - NOLAN (2), RUCCHIN (2), NAGY (1) |
| Denver - MURRAY (2), STRAKA (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 13 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| DEN | 17 | 16 | 9 | 42 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Detroit - Olaf Kolzig (39 SV) W |
| Denver - Tommy Soderstrom (24 SV) L |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Detroit | 1 of 3 |
| Denver | 1 of 2 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 17000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,020,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Penalties | |||
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| K. JONSSON DET (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:25 |
| K. HATCHER DEN (CHARGING, Minor) 12:39 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| L. VISNOVSKY DET (CHARGING, Double Minor) 11:08 |
| K. PRIMEAU DET (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 15:45 |
| M. HEJDUK DEN (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 15:45 |
| B. RAFALSKI DEN (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:57 |
| Z. CHARA DEN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 18:14 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 06:33 | NOLAN 13 (TANGUAY) | 1-0 |
| DETROIT | 07:01 | NAGY 9 (COLE, PRIMEAU) | 2-0 |
| DENVER | 13:12 | STRAKA 21 (MURRAY, WHITNEY) | 2-1 |
| DETROIT | 19:04 | RUCCHIN 2 (PALFFY, TIMONEN) | 3-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Scoring |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT | 05:00 | NOLAN 14 (RUCCHIN, TANGUAY) | 4-1 |
| DENVER | 07:18 | MURRAY 19 (STRAKA, HAMRLIK) | 4-2 |
| DENVER | 14:42 | MURRAY 20 (LINDROS, HEJDUK) (PP) | 4-3 |
| DETROIT | 19:21 | RUCCHIN 3 (JONSSON, COLE) (PP) | 5-3 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Rucchin | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Owen Nolan | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| Alex Tanguay | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Erik Cole | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Ladislav Nagy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Keith Primeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Zigmund Palffy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Jeremy Roenick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| Marc Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Pavol Demitra | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Sergei Brylin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Gonchar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Tom Preissing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Wes Walz | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kolzig | 39 | 42 | 0.929 | W | 12-13-5 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Murray | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Martin Straka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| Milan Hejduk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Ray Whitney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Brad Boyes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Daniel Briere | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Dmitry Yushkevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan Cheechoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kevin Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Patrick Marleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| Tyler Arnason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dunham | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Soderstrom | 24 | 29 | 0.828 | L | 4-5-0 |
| Mike Dunham enters game at 19:21 of 3rd period |
| 1 | Glen Murray | DEN |
| 2 | Steve Rucchin | DET |
| 3 | Olaf Kolzig | DET |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Cleveland: Antti Niemi |
| Houston: JS Giguere |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Alyn McCauley 10 (Juraj Kolnik, Martin Lapointe) |
| Ryan Malone 5 (Shawn Thornton, Dennis Seidenberg) |
| Todd Marchant 3 (Raffi Torres, Jason King) |
| Mike Komiserak 2 (Vladimir Orszagh, Sergei Varlamov) |
| Marcus Ragnarsson 6 (Vaclav Nedorost, Pavel Brendl) |
| Raffi Torres 21 (Stanislav Chistov, Vernon Fiddler) |
| Stanislav Chistov 16 (Kyle McLaren, Mark Giordano) |
| Raffi Torres 22 (Staffan Kronwall, Eric Boguniecki) |