
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:47 | NJD | Jay Pandolfo Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Langenbrunner & S. Brown |
| 18:04 | NJD | Scott Gomez Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Gionta & B. Rafalski |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:14 | PIT | Dick Tarnstrom Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Recchi & R. Jackman |
| 08:43 | PIT | Mario Lemieux Wrist Shot - Assists: Z. Palffy & B. Orpik |
| 09:14 | NJD | PPG - Vladimir Malakhov Slap Shot - Assists: A. Mogilny & B. Rafalski |
| 16:14 | NJD | PPG - Brian Gionta Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Brylin & S. Gomez |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:41 | NJD | Brian Gionta Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Gomez & S. Brylin |
| 02:08 | NJD | Alexander Mogilny Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 08:43 | PIT | PPG - Richard Jackman Slap Shot - Assists: M. Lemieux & M. Recchi |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:36 | PIT | Dick Tarnstrom : Delay of game - bench - 2 min |
| 12:51 | PIT | Maxime Talbot : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:42 | NJD | Daniel Mcgillis : Hooking - 2 min |
| 07:31 | NJD | Grant Marshall : Slashing - 2 min |
| 07:31 | PIT | Maxime Talbot : Interference - 2 min |
| 08:51 | PIT | Mario Lemieux : Tripping - 2 min |
| 10:39 | PIT | Ryan Malone : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 11:51 | NJD | Paul Martin : Tripping - 2 min |
| 14:33 | PIT | Konstantin Koltsov : Holding - 2 min |
| 19:11 | NJD | Scott Gomez : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:02 | PIT | Sergei Gonchar : Interference - 2 min |
| 06:51 | NJD | Vladimir Malakhov : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 19:02 | NJD | Daniel Mcgillis : Hooking - 2 min |
| 19:41 | PIT | Sergei Gonchar : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NJD |
15 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
PIT |
7 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (W) | 23 - 25 | 6 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 30 - 33 | 0.909 | 60:00 |
PIT |
35 J. Thibault (L) | 15 - 19 | 7 - 9 | 1 - 1 | 23 - 29 | 0.793 | 42:08 |
PIT |
35 S. Caron | 7 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 7 | 1.000 | 17:52 |
| Skater Stats |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 23 V. Malakhov | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:12 | 5:31 | 3:02 | 21:45 |
| 2 D. McGillis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12:58 | 3:22 | 0:59 | 17:19 |
| 7 P. Martin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13:48 | 3:45 | 2:37 | 20:10 |
| 23 S. Brown | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:26 | 0:16 | 1:15 | 13:57 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:50 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 12:09 |
| 10 J. Madden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 4:42 | 18:03 |
| 21 B. Gionta | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:49 | 4:35 | 0:58 | 18:22 |
| 15 J. Langenbrunner | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:15 | 3:24 | 1:41 | 18:20 |
| 18 S. Brylin | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 | 3:50 | 0:56 | 16:17 |
| 19 K. Oliwa | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:09 |
| 29 J. Pandolfo | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 3:28 | 16:23 |
| 22 P. Rheaume | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:24 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 8:44 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:50 | 4:59 | 0:00 | 15:49 |
| 23 S. Gomez | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13:34 | 3:52 | 0:05 | 17:31 |
| 24 R. Matvichuk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 | 0:00 | 3:34 | 20:38 |
| 28 B. Rafalski | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 | 5:38 | 3:43 | 26:15 |
| 49 G. Marshall | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5:46 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 6:11 |
| 89 A. Mogilny | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:30 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 16:31 |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 | 0:00 | 6:00 | 18:08 |
| 33 S. Poapst | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | 0:00 | 6:00 | 16:05 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:56 | 5:33 | 3:44 | 23:13 |
| 27 R. Fata | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 5:58 | 15:06 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 5:05 | 0:00 | 17:46 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 17:17 | 1:41 | 1:22 | 20:20 |
| 18 M. Murley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 7:14 | 0:00 | 3:58 | 11:12 |
| 5 R. Jackman | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:58 | 2:23 | 0:54 | 17:15 |
| 24 L. Odelein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:55 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3:27 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 5:47 |
| 23 D. Tarnstrom | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:21 | 6:48 | 0:01 | 21:10 |
| 33 Z. Palffy | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 | 1:45 | 0:31 | 20:27 |
| 36 A. Roy | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:30 |
| 44 B. Orpik | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:54 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 19:10 |
| 55 S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18:04 | 6:10 | 2:23 | 26:37 |
| 66 M. Lemieux | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15:46 | 6:39 | 0:17 | 22:42 |
| 71 K. Koltsov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 7:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:30 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 17:16 | 2:31 | 0:00 | 19:47 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16082 |
| Referees | Stephane Auger, Don VanMassenhoven |
| Linesmen | Derek Amell, Brad Kovachik |