1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
New Jersey	0	1	1	2
Montreal	1	0	0	1

First Period: Scoring: 1, Montreal, Darby 2 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 9:38. Penalties: Zubrus, Mon (boarding), 8:47; Brisebois, Mon (roughing), 15:43.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, New Jersey, Pandolfo 3 (Mckay), 0:47. Penalties: Arnott, N.J. (Obstr hooking), 8:44; Bouillon, Mon (hooking), 17:27.
Third Period: Scoring: 3, New Jersey, Mckay 11 (Holik, Pandolfo), 19:39. Penalties: Oliwa, N.J. (Cross checking), 13:51; Stevens, N.J. (Roughing), 15:05; Rucinsky, Mon (roughing), 15:05.

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		10	14	8	--32
Montreal		6	7	5	--18

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 3, Mon - 0 of 2. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (18 shots, 17 saves; record: 17-7-3). Montreal, Theodore (32, 30; record: 5-7-0). A:19,058. Referees: Roberts, Mcgeough. Linesmen: Champoux, Gagnon.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Montreal
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Arnott Brylin Elias Gomez Holik K Daneyko Lemieux Madden Mckay Nemchinov Niedermayer Odelein Oliwa Pandolfo Rafalski Souray Stevens Sykora	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	-1 even even -1 +1 even -1 even +2 even even even even +2 +1 even +2 even	3 1 2 3 1 5 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 4	Asham Bouillon Brisebois Brunet Cummins Darby Dykhuis Higgins Poulin Richter Rivet Rucinsky S Corson Ulanov Ward Weinrich Zholtok Zubrus	0 0 0 0 0 1 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 even even -2 even even even even +1 even -1 even -2 even even -1 even even	0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 3 2 1