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

First Period: Scoring: 1, Montreal, Darby 6 (Poulin, Zubrus), 3:00. 2, Boston, Mann 4 (Bates), 4:18. Penalties: Zubrus, Mon (slashing), 16:57; Mann, Bos (fighting major), 18:59; S Corson, Mon (fighting major), 18:59.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Boston, Bates 5 (Nickulas, Eloranta), 1:48. 4, Montreal, Rucinsky 22 (Stevenson), 5:47. 5, Boston, Laaksonen 2 (Nickulas), 13:46. 6, Montreal, Souray 1 (Zubrus, Petrov), 18:52. Penalties: Rucinsky, Mon (interference), 8:35; Gill, Bos (interference), 15:38.
Third Period: Scoring: 7, Boston, Rolston 13 (power play) (Knuble, Van Impe), 2:13. 8, Boston, Thornton 19 (empty net) (unassisted), 19:33. Penalties: Souray, Mon (slashing), 1:27; Rolston, Bos (Obstr tripping), 5:37; Rucinsky, Mon (Obstr tripping), 13:00; Thornton, Bos (high sticking), 16:15; S Corson, Mon (goalie interference), 16:42.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Boston		8	16	10	--34
Montreal		9	6	9	--24

Power-play Conversions: Bos - 1 of 5, Mon - 0 of 3. Goalies: Boston, Tallas (24 shots, 21 saves; record: 3-9-4). Montreal, Theodore (33, 29; record: 12-13-2). A:21,273. Referees: Gregson, Heyer. Linesmen: Gagnon, Gauthier.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

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