

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BUF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - ARNOTT (1), MATTEAU (1) |
| Buffalo - DRURY (2), NUMMINEN (1), LEMIEUX (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 6 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| BUF | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (25 SV) L |
| Buffalo - Johan Hedberg (18 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 0 of 7 |
| Buffalo | 1 of 4 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 16750 | |
| Net Profit | $1,206,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| T. KOSTOPOULOS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:29 |
| M. PECA BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:17 |
| C. DRURY BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:21 |
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:57 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| S. OZOLINSH BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:51 |
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 09:54 |
| J. ROENICK BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 16:22 |
| A. ZHITNIK MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:19 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| M. PECA BUF (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 04:17 |
| L. RICHARDSON MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:10 |
| A. KOVALEV BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:57 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO | 03:55 | NUMMINEN 6 (DRURY, LEMIEUX) | 0-1 |
| MONTREAL | 09:16 | ARNOTT 25 (SCHNEIDER, GIONTA) | 1-1 |
| MONTREAL | 18:06 | MATTEAU 25 (MALAKHOV, FRANCIS) (SH) | 2-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO | 11:48 | DRURY 31 (ROENICK, NUMMINEN) (PP) | 2-2 |
| BUFFALO | 14:46 | LEMIEUX 26 (KRON) | 2-3 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO | 14:18 | DRURY 32 (ROENICK, LEMIEUX) | 2-4 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Arnott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| Stephane Matteau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Brian Gionta | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Luke Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 25 | 29 | 0.862 | L | 12-9-1 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Drury | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Mario Lemieux | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| Teppo Numminen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Jeremy Roenick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Robert Kron | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Alexei Zhamnov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| John Leclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Marty McInnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Hedberg | 18 | 20 | 0.9 | W | 12-11-4 |
| None |
| 1 | Chris Drury | BUF |
| 2 | Mario Lemieux | BUF |
| 3 | Robert Kron | BUF |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Garth Snow |
| Baltimore: Pekka Rinne |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| unknown (Yannick Tremblay, Chris Gratton) |
| Mike Rathje 3 (Kristian Huselius, Andrew Alberts) |
| Paul Gaustad 17 (Petr Sykora, Mike Fisher) |