| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:08 | PHI | PPG - Simon Gagne Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Roenick & J. Pitkanen |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:28 | PHI | Michal Handzus Backhand - Assists: J. Leclair |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:19 | PHI | Michal Handzus : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 08:58 | MTL | Pierre Dagenais : Hooking - 2 min |
| 09:46 | PHI | Vaclav Pletka : Tripping - 2 min |
| 10:32 | MTL | Jim Dowd : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 16:47 | PHI | Keith Primeau : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:00 | MTL | Andrei Markov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 04:00 | MTL | Alex Kovalev : Elbowing - 2 min |
| 06:53 | MTL | Jim Dowd : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:17 | PHI | John Leclair : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:29 | MTL | Jim Dowd : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 11:15 | MTL | Saku Koivu : Hooking - 2 min |
| 17:23 | PHI | Jim Vandermeer : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:29 | MTL | Patrice Brisebois : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
PHI |
7 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
MTL |
9 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
PHI |
1 S. Burke (W) | 13 - 13 | 8 - 8 | 3 - 3 | 24 - 24 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
MTL |
60 J. Theodore (L) | 18 - 19 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 21 - 23 | 0.913 | 59:44 |
| Skater Stats |
PHI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 M. Timander | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:51 | 0:00 | 2:22 | 12:13 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 | 9:13 | 0:45 | 26:51 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 | 6:24 | 0:00 | 17:24 |
| 10 P. Sharp | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:40 | 0:07 | 0:34 | 8:21 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:30 | 6:14 | 0:00 | 16:44 |
| 33 T. Amonte | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7:42 | 4:15 | 0:24 | 12:21 |
| 12 S. Gagne | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:05 | 2:03 | 2:25 | 15:33 |
| 92 B. Radivojevic | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:58 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 8:05 |
| 10 A. Zhamnov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9:55 | 4:54 | 2:36 | 17:25 |
| 24 S. Kapanen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 | 2:09 | 2:24 | 15:54 |
| 25 K. Primeau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:09 | 0:31 | 1:45 | 14:25 |
| 26 M. Handzus | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12:31 | 6:01 | 2:00 | 20:32 |
| 28 M. Ragnarsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:32 | 0:26 | 2:08 | 23:06 |
| 37 E. Desjardins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 | 3:54 | 3:59 | 21:42 |
| 25 J. Pitkanen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:38 | 7:26 | 0:00 | 12:04 |
| 95 D. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 | 1:22 | 4:56 | 22:37 |
| D. Brashear | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:39 | 0:22 | 0:00 | 8:01 |
| 27 J. Roenick | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 | 3:26 | 2:06 | 16:42 |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 S. Quintal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 | 0:43 | 6:39 | 21:09 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 9:52 | 3:50 | 3:26 | 17:08 |
| 15 D. Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:02 |
| 24 J. Ward | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:20 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 11:55 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 9:01 | 3:29 | 2:04 | 14:34 |
| 26 P. Dagenais | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11:14 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 14:30 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:53 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 14:59 |
| 34 J. Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8:18 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 9:42 |
| 24 N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 | 0:00 | 3:23 | 14:14 |
| 38 J. Bulis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 10:20 | 3:50 | 3:43 | 17:53 |
| 71 P. Brisebois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:34 | 4:11 | 1:19 | 20:04 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 | 3:49 | 4:41 | 23:46 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 3:46 | 17:51 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 | 0:12 | 3:54 | 16:47 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 | 3:16 | 1:16 | 17:53 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:00 | 3:16 | 0:52 | 16:08 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 11:46 | 1:48 | 3:25 | 16:59 |
| 90 J. Juneau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 14:54 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 21273 |
| Referees | Eric Furlatt, Don VanMassenhoven |
| Linesmen | Pierre Champoux, Michel Cormier |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | z - PIT | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 119 | 72 | |
| 2 | y - MTL | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 149 | 126 | 63 | |
| 3 | y - WSH | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 149 | 130 | 57 | |
| 4 | x - BOS | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 109 | 62 | |
| 5 | x - TOR | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 145 | 133 | 57 | |
| 6 | x - NYR | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 130 | 112 | 56 | |
| 7 | x - OTT | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 116 | 104 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - NYI | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 139 | 139 | 55 | |
| 9 | WPG | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 128 | 144 | 51 | |
| 10 | PHI | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 49 | |
| 11 | NJD | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 112 | 129 | 48 | |
| 12 | BUF | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 125 | 143 | 48 | |
| 13 | CAR | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | TBL | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 148 | 150 | 40 | |
| 15 | FLA | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 112 | 171 | 36 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| C. Giroux | 48 | 13 | 35 | -7 | 48 |
| J. Voracek | 48 | 22 | 24 | -7 | 46 |
| W. Simmonds | 45 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 32 |
| K. Timonen | 45 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 29 |
| B. Schenn | 47 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| M. Read | 42 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| D. Briere | 34 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 16 |
| S. Gagne | 38 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| S. Couturier | 46 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| R. Fedotenko | 47 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| S. Mason | 7 | 8 | 1 | .916 | 2.59 |
| I. Bryzgalov | 19 | 17 | 3 | .900 | 2.79 |