1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Montreal	0	2	3	5
Boston	1	1	0	2

First Period: Scoring: 1, Boston, Samsonov 17 (Bourque, Mann), 0:28. Penalties: Dykhuis, Mon (interference), 2:34; Sweeney, Bos (boarding), 8:38; Montreal bench, served by Ward (too many men on the ice), 10:06; Van Impe, Bos (boarding), 15:36; Bouillon, Mon (tripping), 17:32.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Boston, Nickulas 1 (Van Impe), 11:38. 3, Montreal, Brunet 10 (shorthanded) (Poulin), 16:16. 4, Montreal, S Corson 6 (Koivu, Brunet), 19:54. Penalties: Savage, Bos (holding stick), 6:53; Rucinsky, Mon (tripping), 14:54.
Third Period: Scoring: 5, Montreal, Zholtok 21 (Rivet, Petrov), 11:49. 6, Montreal, S Corson 7 (Koivu), 14:54. 7, Montreal, Rucinsky 21 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 18:42. Penalties: Poulin, Mon (hooking), 3:47; Rivet, Mon (cross checking), 17:16.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Montreal		9	14	12	--35
Boston		8	7	10	--25

Power-play Conversions: Mon - 0 of 3, Bos - 0 of 6. Goalies: Montreal, Theodore (25 shots, 23 saves; record: 12-12-2). Boston, Tallas (35, 30; record: 2-7-4). A:17,565. Referee: B Mccreary. Linesmen: Gauthier, Seitz.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Montreal					Boston
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Bouillon Brisebois Brunet Darby Dykhuis Koivu Lachance Petrov Poulin Rivet Rucinsky S Corson Souray Stevenson T Linden Ward Weinrich Zholtok	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	+1 +1 +3 even -1 +2 +1 even +1 even even +2 +3 -1 even even +1 even	2 3 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 2 6 5 0 2 0 3 1	Andreychuk Axelsson Bates Bourque Eloranta Gill Heinze K Belanger K Mclaren Laaksonen Mann Nickulas Samsonov Savage Sweeney Thornton Timander Van Impe	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	-1 -1 -2 -1 -1 even -3 even -1 even +1 -1 even -1 -1 even -1 -2	1 5 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1