

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| DEN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - LEHTINEN (2), GIONTA (1), DAIGLE (1), ARNOTT (1), ALFREDSSON (1) |
| Denver - BRIERE (1), MARLEAU (1), HAMRLIK (1), YASHIN (1), HEJDUK (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| DEN | 14 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Nikolai Khabibulin (25 SV) W |
| Denver - Ilya Bryzgalov (3 SV) L |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 0 of 5 |
| Denver | 0 of 5 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 17000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,020,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Penalties | |||
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| D. LEGWAND MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:55 |
| R. ZETTLER MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:57 |
| D. BRIERE DEN (CHARGING, Minor) 08:33 |
| K. HATCHER DEN (CHARGING, Minor) 11:08 |
| J. CORVO MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 11:26 |
| R. FRANCIS MTL (CHARGING, Double Minor) 11:37 |
| E. LINDROS DEN (CHARGING, Minor) 11:37 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| S. BARNES MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 06:03 |
| D. KASPARITIS DEN (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:19 |
| E. LINDROS DEN (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 14:20 |
| G. MURRAY DEN (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:35 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DENVER | 01:17 | BRIERE 21 (RENBERG, WHITNEY) | 0-1 |
| MONTREAL | 04:34 | LEHTINEN 11 (GIONTA, LEGWAND) | 1-1 |
| MONTREAL | 04:46 | GIONTA 26 (LEGWAND, LEHTINEN) | 2-1 |
| MONTREAL | 08:57 | DAIGLE 28 (ARNOTT, YZERMAN) | 3-1 |
| DENVER | 09:46 | MARLEAU 23 (BRENDL, MARCHANT) | 3-2 |
| MONTREAL | 12:52 | ARNOTT 27 (YZERMAN, ZETTLER) | 4-2 |
| MONTREAL | 13:32 | LEHTINEN 12 (LEGWAND) | 5-2 |
| DENVER | 19:33 | HAMRLIK 8 (HATCHER, HEINZE) | 5-3 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DENVER | 19:37 | YASHIN 26 (MURRAY, HAMRLIK) | 5-4 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 00:28 | ALFREDSSON 29 (SULLIVAN, MATTEAU) | 6-4 |
| DENVER | 18:10 | HEJDUK 17 (LINDROS, MARLEAU) | 6-5 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jere Lehtinen | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| David Legwand | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Brian Gionta | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Jason Arnott | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Alexandre Daigle | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Rob Zettler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Stephane Matteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Shjon Podein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 25 | 30 | 0.833 | W | 26-19-4 |
| Niklas Backstrom | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Marleau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Alexei Yashin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Daniel Briere | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Milan Hejduk | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Eric Lindros | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Kevin Hatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Pavel Brendl | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Whitney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Steve Heinze | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Todd Marchant | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brian Rafalski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Darius Kasparitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Eric Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mattias Norstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Zdeno Chara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dunham | 22 | 23 | 0.957 | ||
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | L | 5-7-1 |
| Mike Dunham enters game at 13:32 of 1st period |
| Niklas Backstrom enters game at 18:10 of 3rd period |
| 1 | Jere Lehtinen | MTL |
| 2 | Jason Arnott | MTL |
| 3 | Mike Dunham | DEN |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Garth Snow |
| Houston: Sean Burke |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Matt Hendricks 14 (unknown, Derek Boogaard) |
| Alex Frolov 20 (Rich Peverley, Luke Richardson) |
| Rich Peverley 26 (Patrick Rissmiller, Chris Gratton) |
| Patrick Rissmiller 17 (Niklas Kronwall, Andreas Lilja) |
| Konstantin Koltsov 20 (Frantisek Kaberle, Yannick Tremblay) |
| Alex Frolov 21 (David Hale, unknown) |
| unknown (unknown, unknown) |
| Frantisek Kaberle 3 (unknown, unknown) |
| Alex Frolov 22 (unknown, unknown) |
| David Hale 7 (unknown, unknown) |
| Patrick Rissmiller 18 (unknown, unknown) |
| Luke Richardson 5 (unknown, unknown) |
| Chris Gratton 20 (unknown, unknown) |
| Vaclav Nedorost 25 (Jason King, Mike Komiserak) |
| Jason Blake 25 (Dmitry Yushkevich, Mike Sullivan) |
| Jason Blake 26 (Raffi Torres, Jonathan Cheechoo) |
| Vaclav Nedorost 26 (Robert Svehla, Tyler Arnason) |
| Tyler Arnason 16 (Marcus Ragnarsson, Sergei Varlamov) |
| Marcus Ragnarsson 7 (Jiri Fischer, Staffan Kronwall) |