| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:31 | MIN | Brent Burns (3) Tip-In - Assists: J. Sheppard (1) & C. Gillies (2) |
| 04:28 | MTL | Francis Bouillon (2) Snap Shot - Assists: A. Tanguay (4) & G. Latendresse (6) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:23 | MTL | PPG - Andrei Markov (1) Slap Shot - Assists: A. Tanguay (5) & R. Lang (3) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:12 | MTL | Tom Kostopoulos : Interference - 2 min |
| 13:53 | MIN | Colton Gillies : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 19:15 | MTL | Saku Koivu : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:28 | MIN | Benoit Pouliot : Holding - 2 min |
| 01:53 | MIN | Mikko Koivu : Slashing - 2 min |
| 06:07 | MTL | Robert Lang : Tripping - 2 min |
| 06:24 | MTL | Chris Higgins : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 07:48 | MTL | Roman Hamrlik : Hooking - 2 min |
| 09:58 | MTL | Maxim Lapierre : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 14:47 | MTL | Mathieu Dandenault : Tripping - 2 min |
| 16:18 | MTL | Tom Kostopoulos : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:50 | MTL | Robert Lang : Tripping - 2 min |
| 02:07 | MIN | Mikko Koivu : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:17 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:26 | MIN | Brent Burns : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:35 | MIN | Brent Burns : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:35 | MTL | Mike Komisarek : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MTL |
11 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
MIN |
9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MTL |
31 C. Price (W) | 13 - 14 | 14 - 14 | 1 - 1 | 28 - 29 | 0.966 | 59:52 |
MIN |
37 J. Harding (L) | 12 - 13 | 6 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 19 - 21 | 0.905 | 58:49 |
| Skater Stats |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 25 T. Kostopoulos | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9:03 | 0:00 | 3:50 | 12:53 |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 6:10 | 21:48 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10:52 | 2:31 | 2:24 | 15:47 |
| 40 A. Tanguay | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:26 | 2:30 | 0:06 | 12:02 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 9:15 | 3:54 | 5:14 | 18:23 |
| 20 R. Lang | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8:13 | 3:02 | 4:12 | 15:27 |
| 20 C. Higgins | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8:21 | 3:19 | 3:02 | 14:42 |
| 25 M. Dandenault | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:01 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 11:06 |
| 26 J. Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 | 0:17 | 8:33 | 21:10 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 | 2:45 | 4:49 | 18:08 |
| 40 M. Lapierre | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 10:59 |
| 40 R. Hamrlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:26 | 1:22 | 2:56 | 16:44 |
| 46 A. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 9:32 | 4:21 | 0:00 | 13:53 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 | 0:11 | 5:49 | 16:41 |
| 71 P. Brisebois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:59 | 1:55 | 0:13 | 12:07 |
| 74 S. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:03 | 2:42 | 0:08 | 10:53 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | 4:39 | 7:17 | 26:48 |
| 73 G. Latendresse | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:05 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 9:07 |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 | 6:01 | 0:27 | 19:54 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:43 | 6:26 | 4:47 | 29:56 |
| 6 T. Mojzis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:50 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8:50 | 8:57 | 1:18 | 19:05 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11:47 | 9:20 | 2:23 | 23:30 |
| C. Weller | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:45 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:19 | 9:13 | 0:00 | 21:32 |
| 9 C. Gillies | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 12:32 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 | 1:17 | 2:53 | 14:53 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13:09 | 8:13 | 3:16 | 24:38 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5:00 | 0:06 | 0:07 | 5:13 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 | 5:14 | 2:10 | 18:15 |
| 28 M. Skoula | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 0:00 | 2:55 | 16:17 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:39 | 8:45 | 0:07 | 21:31 |
| 15 J. Sheppard | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 | 0:55 | 2:05 | 13:31 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 0:00 | 3:50 | 18:48 |
| 67 B. Pouliot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6:54 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 9:03 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 | 7:27 | 0:00 | 17:38 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18568 |
| Referees | Gord Dwyer, Chris Lee |
| Linesmen | Michel Cormier, Mark Pare |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | p - CHI | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 155 | 102 | 77 | |
| 2 | y - ANA | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 140 | 118 | 66 | |
| 3 | y - VAN | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 127 | 121 | 59 | |
| 4 | x - STL | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 129 | 115 | 60 | |
| 5 | x - LAK | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 133 | 118 | 59 | |
| 6 | x - SJS | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 124 | 116 | 57 | |
| 7 | x - DET | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 124 | 115 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - MIN | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 122 | 127 | 55 | |
| 9 | CBJ | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 120 | 119 | 55 | |
| 10 | PHX | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 125 | 131 | 51 | |
| 11 | DAL | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 130 | 142 | 48 | |
| 12 | EDM | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 125 | 134 | 45 | |
| 13 | CGY | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | NSH | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 111 | 139 | 41 | |
| 15 | COL | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 116 | 152 | 39 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| L. Couture | 9 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| J. Pavelski | 9 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| J. Thornton | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| P. Marleau | 9 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| D. Boyle | 9 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| B. Burns | 9 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| B. Stuart | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Hannan | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Vlasic | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Wingels | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| A. Niemi | 6 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.95 |
