1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Montreal	2	1	1	4
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2

First Period: Scoring: 1, Montreal, Rucinsky 12 (power play) (Brunet), 7:55. 2, Montreal, Brunet 1 (Rivet, Rucinsky), 11:24. 3, NY Islanders, Isbister 9 (Connolly), 19:41. Penalties: Czerkawski, Nyi (Obstr holding), 6:29; Weinrich, Mon (Obstr hooking), 14:04; Brewer, Nyi (elbowing), 16:08.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, Montreal, Zholtok 7 (power play) (Petrov, Zubrus), 2:37. 5, NY Islanders, Orszagh 1 (Green, J Jonsson), 10:06. Penalties: Connolly, Nyi (Obstr hooking), 1:42; Higgins, Mon (interference), 4:27; Petrov, Mon (hooking), 6:59; Watt, Nyi (Obstr hooking), 15:32; S Corson, Mon (roughing), 16:57; Cairns, Nyi (roughing), 16:57; Heward, Nyi (holding), 19:56.
Third Period: Scoring: 6, Montreal, Rucinsky 13 (S Corson), 12:21. Penalties: Zholtok, Mon (roughing), 11:02; Isbister, Nyi (roughing), 11:02; Darby, Mon (roughing), 13:24; Dykhuis, Mon (hooking), 18:43; Weinrich, Mon (roughing), 19:41; M Lindgren, Nyi (roughing), 19:41.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Montreal		15	4	10	--29
NY Islanders		7	14	9	--30

Power-play Conversions: Mon - 2 of 5, Nyi - 0 of 5. Goalies: Montreal, Hackett (30 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-11-2). NY Islanders, Potvin (29, 25; record: 5-13-2). A: 6,861. Referees: Peel, Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: Collins, Seitz.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Montreal					New York
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Asham Bouillon Brisebois Brunet Cummins Darby Dykhuis Guren Higgins Petrov Poulin Rivet Rucinsky S Corson Thornton Weinrich Zholtok Zubrus	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1	-2 -1 even +1 even even -1 -1 -2 even -1 +1 +2 +2 -1 +2 even even	0 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 6 0 3 1 2 2	Biron Brewer Cairns Connolly Czerkawski Green Heward Isbister J Jonsson Jokinen K Jonsson Krog Lapointe M Lindgren Orszagh Rivers Watt Z Chara	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0	0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	even -1 +2 +1 -1 +1 even +1 even +1 -1 even -2 -1 +1 even even even	2 1 0 1 3 6 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 0