

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MTL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Buffalo - KOSTOPOULOS (1), ROENICK (1) |
| Montreal - GREEN (2), ZHITNIK (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| MTL | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Buffalo - Bill Ranford (25 SV) L |
| Montreal - Nikolai Khabibulin (26 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Buffalo | 0 of 3 |
| Montreal | 0 of 1 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,231,200 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| M. PECA BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:53 |
| R. ZETTLER MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 07:53 |
| V. MALAKHOV MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:30 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| A. ZYUZIN MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 12:23 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| T. KOSTOPOULOS BUF (FIGHTING) 10:14 |
| A. ZYUZIN MTL (FIGHTING) 10:14 |
| S. MATTEAU MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:58 |
| S. OZOLINSH BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 18:25 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO | 02:11 | KOSTOPOULOS 3 (ZHAMNOV, DRURY) | 1-0 |
| BUFFALO | 17:46 | ROENICK 25 (YZERMAN, ZETTERBERG) | 2-0 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 10:04 | GREEN 4 (ALFREDSSON, TKACHUK) | 2-1 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 10:32 | GREEN 5 (ALFREDSSON, TKACHUK) | 2-2 |
| MONTREAL | 18:16 | ZHITNIK 7 (ALFREDSSON, TKACHUK) | 2-3 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Roenick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Alexei Zhamnov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Dmitri Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Marty McInnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Petr Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Ranford | 25 | 28 | 0.893 | L | 12-14-4 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Travis Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Jason Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 26 | 28 | 0.929 | W | 22-13-3 |
| Steve Sullivan injured at 18:30 of the 1st Period |
| Tom Kostopoulos and Andrei Zyuzin fight to a draw |
| 1 | Travis Green | MTL |
| 2 | Keith Tkachuk | MTL |
| 3 | Daniel Alfredsson | MTL |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Baltimore: Johan Hedberg |
| Yellowknif: Ray Emery |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Rich Peverley 21 (Luke Richardson, unknown) |
| Chris Gratton 14 (Matt Hendricks, David Legwand) |
| unknown (Derek Boogaard, David Hale) |
| Chris Gratton 15 (Niklas Kronwall, Alex Frolov) |