
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:38 | PIT | Mike Eastwood Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Bergevin & E. Meloche |
| 19:42 | PIT | Matt Bradley Slap Shot - Assists: none |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:58 | PIT | PPG - Ryan Malone Backhand - Assists: D. Tarnstrom & R. Fata |
| 15:42 | NJD | PPG - Scott Niedermayer Snap Shot - Assists: S. Brylin & J. Friesen |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:39 | NJD | Patrik Elias Slap Shot - Assists: S. Gomez & T. Stevenson |
| 19:40 | PIT | EN - Eric Meloche Snap Shot - Assists: M. Eastwood |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 11:08 | NJD | Mike Rupp : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 12:02 | PIT | Tom Kostopoulos : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:28 | NJD | Patrik Elias : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 17:32 | NJD | Erik Rasmussen : Charging - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 06:11 | NJD | Turner Stevenson : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:59 | PIT | Eric Meloche : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 13:55 | PIT | Eric Meloche : Slashing - 2 min |
| 19:18 | PIT | Josef Melichar : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:42 | NJD | Mike Rupp : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
PIT |
6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
NJD |
8 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
PIT |
30 J. Aubin (W) | 22 - 23 | 4 - 5 | 5 - 5 | 31 - 33 | 0.939 | 60:00 |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (L) | 9 - 11 | 7 - 8 | 1 - 1 | 17 - 20 | 0.850 | 59:08 |
| Skater Stats |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:10 | 1:54 | 0:54 | 17:58 |
| 6 M. Strbak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:26 | 1:10 | 1:03 | 18:39 |
| 22 M. Bradley | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 | 0:45 | 1:27 | 16:38 |
| 27 R. Fata | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:48 | 3:08 | 1:35 | 19:31 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 | 2:03 | 2:01 | 16:12 |
| 14 M. Kraft | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:03 | 3:30 | 0:06 | 14:39 |
| 19 B. Holzinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:27 | 1:36 | 2:44 | 14:47 |
| 32 M. Eastwood | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 | 0:01 | 2:17 | 13:27 |
| 23 S. McKenna | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:53 |
| 23 M. Bergevin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 | 0:29 | 4:45 | 19:00 |
| 23 D. Tarnstrom | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 | 4:05 | 0:06 | 19:04 |
| 25 T. Kostopoulos | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 9:11 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 10:58 |
| 76 T. Surovy | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:54 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 9:22 |
| 44 B. Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 | 1:53 | 4:38 | 21:20 |
| 55 D. Berehowsky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 | 6:14 | 0:48 | 23:38 |
| 71 K. Koltsov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 17:17 |
| 40 E. Meloche | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13:41 | 0:39 | 1:58 | 16:18 |
| 95 A. Morozov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:49 | 5:42 | 0:00 | 15:31 |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 S. Stevens | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:04 | 1:40 | 5:01 | 24:45 |
| 5 C. White | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 | 2:11 | 3:25 | 18:36 |
| 6 T. Albelin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 11:28 |
| 8 I. Larionov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 9:51 |
| 10 E. Rasmussen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 14:26 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 14:35 |
| 10 J. Madden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:42 | 1:15 | 5:40 | 17:37 |
| 16 J. Friesen | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 | 1:54 | 0:26 | 17:18 |
| 21 B. Gionta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 | 2:19 | 0:29 | 13:26 |
| 27 M. Rupp | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 8:45 | 0:43 | 0:04 | 9:32 |
| 18 S. Brylin | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 | 1:15 | 2:26 | 17:37 |
| 29 J. Pandolfo | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:01 | 1:13 | 5:05 | 17:19 |
| 23 S. Gomez | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 | 3:23 | 0:00 | 14:30 |
| 27 T. Stevenson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9:45 | 1:38 | 0:03 | 11:26 |
| 36 D. Hale | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 | 0:20 | 0:17 | 14:06 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12:35 | 3:47 | 1:53 | 18:15 |
| 27 S. Niedermayer | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 15:44 | 4:07 | 3:29 | 23:20 |
| 28 B. Rafalski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 19:13 | 2:38 | 4:05 | 25:56 |
| 49 G. Marshall | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 | 0:42 | 0:04 | 11:11 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 11948 |
| Referees | Dennis LaRue, Rob Martell |
| Linesmen | Pierre Champoux, Greg Devorski |
