1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Buffalo	0	0	0	0
Boston	2	1	0	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, Boston, K Mclaren 2 (Axelsson, Bates), 8:46. 2, Boston, Samsonov 3 (Thornton, Dimaio), 9:32. Penalties: K Belanger, Bos (roughing), 0:17; Woolley, Buf (high sticking), 1:21; Zhitnik, Buf (holding), 6:46; Bates, Bos (Obstr holding), 18:17.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Boston, Samsonov 4 (Thornton, Heinze), 15:55. Penalties: K Mclaren, Bos (interference), 10:10; B Holzinger, Buf (cross checking), 13:32; Sanderson, Buf (hooking), 19:51.
Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Thornton, Bos (high sticking), 9:06; Sanderson, Buf (holding stick), 17:37.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Buffalo		9	7	10	--26
Boston		15	12	7	--34

Power-play Conversions: Buf - 0 of 4, Bos - 0 of 5. Goalies: Buffalo, Biron (34 shots, 31 saves; record: 2-1-0). Boston, Grahame (26, 26; record: 2-3-2). A:16,863. Referees: Faucette, Watson. Linesmen: Collins, Sericolo.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Buffalo					Boston
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
B Holzinger Brown D Ward Grosek Mckee Patrick Peca Primeau R Warrener Rasmussen Ray S Barnes Sanderson Satan Smehlik Varada Woolley Zhitnik	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	-1 -3 even -1 -1 -1 even even even even even even even -3 -2 even -1 -2	0 2 4 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 1 2 1	Allison Andreychuk Axelsson Bates Bourque Carter Dimaio Gill Heinze K Belanger K Mclaren Pronger Samsonov Sweeney Thornton Timander Van Impe Wilson	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0	even even +1 +1 even even +2 even +1 even +2 even +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 even	2 5 2 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 3 2 4 0 1 3