1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Florida	1	2	0	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, Tampa Bay, P Mara 1 (Hay), 12:53. 2, Florida, Novoseltsev 4 (Niedermayer), 19:57. Penalties: Hay, T.B. (Obstr blocking), 2:41; Warriner, T.B. (Holding), 7:04; B Richards, T.B. (Ob stick), 9:06; Barrie, Fla (hooking), 13:55; Ward, Fla (interference), 16:30.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Florida, Whitney 2 (Niedermayer, Hedican), 0:48. 4, Florida, Novoseltsev 5 (power play) (Niedermayer, Gauthier), 11:36. 5, Tampa Bay, P Mara 2 (R Johnson), 14:28. Penalties: Laus, Fla (high sticking), 1:53; Spacek, Fla (tripping), 5:14; Ward, Fla (slashing), 7:55; Freadrich, T.B. (Interference), 10:25; Jokinen, Fla (interference), 12:17; Ward, Fla (fighting major), 18:31; Freadrich, T.B. (Roughing, fighting major), 18:31.
Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: P Mara, T.B. (Fighting major), 0:59; Niedermayer, Fla (high sticking, fighting major), 0:59; Freadrich, T.B. (Slashing, fighting major, misconduct), 9:00; Tetarenko, Fla (fighting major, misconduct), 9:00; Simpson, Fla (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:08; Jakopin, Fla (roughing), 12:00; M Johnson, T.B. (Roughing), 12:00; Niedermayer, Fla (high sticking), 12:19; Laus, Fla (unsportsmanlike conduct), 18:44; Muir, T.B. (Unsportsmanlike conduct), 18:44.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Tampa Bay		10	9	9	--28
Florida		7	9	9	--25

Power-play Conversions: Tam - 0 of 9, Fla - 1 of 6. Goalies: Tampa Bay, D Cloutier (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 1-2-1). Florida, Gauthier (28, 26; record: 2-0-0). A: 3,737. Referees: Faucette, Kowal. Linesmen: M Pare, Racicot.