

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| BOS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - SULLIVAN (2), DAIGLE (2), FERENCE (1), ALFREDSSON (1), ROBERTS (1) |
| Boston - AMONTE (1), SHANTZ (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 9 | 11 | 13 | 33 |
| BOS | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Niklas Backstrom (15 SV) W |
| Boston - Roberto Luongo (9 SV) L |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 3 of 7 |
| Boston | 1 of 2 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 18000 | |
| Net Profit | $1,080,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| S. SOURAY BOS (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:35 |
| B. COBURN BOS (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:49 |
| S. GONCHAR BOS (ROUGHING, Minor) 13:16 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| A. OVECHKIN BOS (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:25 |
| S. SOURAY BOS (HOOKING, Minor) 11:32 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| S. BARNES BOS (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:28 |
| J. CORVO MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:24 |
| S. HILL MTL (FIGHTING) 11:39 |
| J. LECLAIR BOS (FIGHTING) 11:39 |
| D. LANGKOW MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:01 |
| C. PRONGER BOS (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:50 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 02:36 | SULLIVAN 22 (ALFREDSSON, DAIGLE) | 1-0 |
| MONTREAL | 04:54 | SULLIVAN 23 (DAIGLE, ALFREDSSON) (PP) | 2-0 |
| MONTREAL | 07:43 | FERENCE 4 (TREMBLAY, DIMITRAKOS) (PP) | 3-0 |
| BOSTON | 09:10 | AMONTE 15 (GONCHAR, BARNES) | 3-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 06:27 | ALFREDSSON 17 (DAIGLE, SULLIVAN) | 4-1 |
| MONTREAL | 11:02 | ROBERTS 11 (TKACHUK, HILL) (PP) | 5-1 |
| MONTREAL | 13:34 | DAIGLE 13 (SULLIVAN, HILL) | 6-1 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 07:31 | DAIGLE 14 (DIMITRAKOS) | 7-1 |
| BOSTON | 16:15 | SHANTZ 2 (GONCHAR, OVECHKIN) (PP) | 7-2 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Daigle | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Steve Sullivan | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| Andrew Ference | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Gary Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Yannick Tremblay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cory Stillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Craig Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jesse Winchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Joe Corvo | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 15 | 17 | 0.882 | W | 16-9-2 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Gonchar | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Jeff Shantz | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Amonte | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Alexander Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Braydon Coburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Brendan Shanahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Chris Pronger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| Chris Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| David Tanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Duncan Keith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Jason Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Jeremy Roenick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| John Leclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Rick Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Sheldon Souray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Stephen Gionta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Denis | 17 | 19 | 0.895 | ||
| Roberto Luongo | 9 | 14 | 0.643 | L | 16-9-1 |
| Marc Denis enters game at 11:02 of 2nd period |
| Sean Hill and John Leclair fight to a draw |
| 1 | Alexandre Daigle | MTL |
| 2 | Steve Sullivan | MTL |
| 3 | Niko Dimitrakos | MTL |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Manny Legace |
| Hartford: Roman Turek |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Loui Eriksson 15 (Kyle Brodziak, Andreas Lilja) |
| Craig Janney 11 (Marty McInnis, Patrice Brisebois) |
| Marty McInnis 9 (Rene Bourque, Andrei Kostitsyn) |
| Rene Bourque 6 (Zbynuk Michalek, Scott Walker) |
| Jay Pondolfo 2 (Chris Kelly, Steve McCarthy) |
| Nathan Horton 6 (Chris Thorburn, Johnny Boychuk) |
| Mats Lindgren 6 (Jiri Hudler, Fredrik Olausson) |
| Andrei Kostitsyn 10 (Patrice Bergeron, Joel Ward) |