| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:19 | PHI | Simon Gagne Backhand - Assists: S. Kapanen & K. Primeau |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:55 | PHI | PPG - Jeremy Roenick Slap Shot - Assists: A. Zhamnov & K. Johnsson |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:31 | PHI | Keith Primeau Wrist Shot - Assists: K. Johnsson |
| 03:53 | NJD | Patrik Elias Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Gionta & S. Gomez |
| 04:28 | NJD | Jan Hrdina Backhand - Assists: J. Langenbrunner & E. Rasmussen |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 14:59 | PHI | Kim Johnsson served by Kim Johnsson : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:54 | PHI | Jeremy Roenick served by Jeremy Roenick : Roughing - 2 min |
| 18:54 | NJD | Sean Brown served by Sean Brown : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:43 | PHI | Sami Kapanen served by Sami Kapanen : Boarding - 2 min |
| 02:47 | NJD | Scott Niedermayer served by Scott Niedermayer : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 11:42 | PHI | Sami Kapanen served by Sami Kapanen : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 12:43 | PHI | Danny Markov served by Danny Markov : Holding - Obstruction - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NJD |
13 | 15 | 11 | 39 |
PHI |
11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (L) | 21 - 23 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 23 - 26 | 0.885 | 59:39 |
PHI |
42 R. Esche (W) | 26 - 28 | 11 - 11 | 0 - 0 | 37 - 39 | 0.949 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 23 S. Brown | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 11:08 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 11:20 |
| 5 C. White | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 16:35 |
| 7 P. Martin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 21:59 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 25:30 |
| 10 E. Rasmussen | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 2:31 | 0:00 | 15:34 |
| 10 J. Madden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:10 | 0:17 | 1:08 | 15:35 |
| 16 J. Friesen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:13 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 12:46 |
| 21 B. Gionta | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:19 |
| 15 J. Langenbrunner | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12:04 | 3:14 | 0:00 | 15:18 |
| 38 J. Hrdina | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 15:03 |
| 18 S. Brylin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:44 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 14:01 |
| 19 R. Giroux | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 | 3:18 | 1:08 | 16:23 |
| 29 J. Pandolfo | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 | 0:17 | 1:08 | 13:50 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 11:45 |
| 23 S. Gomez | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:09 | 4:31 | 0:00 | 17:40 |
| 27 T. Stevenson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 11:47 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 14:55 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 13:44 | 4:31 | 0:00 | 18:15 |
| 27 S. Niedermayer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 23:41 | 4:42 | 0:00 | 28:23 |
| 28 B. Rafalski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:29 | 4:29 | 0:00 | 21:58 |
PHI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 23 V. Malakhov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 | 0:00 | 3:46 | 22:12 |
| 3 M. Timander | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | 0:00 | 3:28 | 15:49 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20:17 | 1:08 | 1:34 | 22:59 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:24 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:31 |
| 33 T. Amonte | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 11:16 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 12:24 |
| 12 S. Gagne | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 16:25 |
| 13 C. Lapointe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:28 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 9:38 |
| 92 B. Radivojevic | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:57 |
| 10 A. Zhamnov | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 | 1:08 | 2:16 | 16:02 |
| 24 S. Kapanen | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13:10 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 14:20 |
| 25 K. Primeau | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 | 0:00 | 2:34 | 16:01 |
| 26 M. Handzus | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 19:39 |
| 28 M. Ragnarsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:54 | 0:00 | 4:14 | 25:08 |
| 25 J. Pitkanen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 12:05 |
| 95 D. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:29 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 21:27 |
| D. Brashear | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:53 |
| 27 J. Roenick | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 12:11 | 1:08 | 2:48 | 16:07 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19608 |
| Referees | Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue |
| Linesmen | Tim Nowak, Pierre Racicot |
| 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 |