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

First Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Pandolfo 7 (Oliwa, Pederson), 2:16. 2, New Jersey, Nemchinov 10 (shorthanded) (Stevens, Pederson), 6:05. 3, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 11 (Jonsson, Wright), 18:39. Penalties: Lemieux, N.J. (Hooking), 5:13.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, New Jersey, Holik 21 (unassisted), 15:26. 5, Pittsburgh, Wright 9 (M Barnaby, A Morozov), 17:36. Penalties: Jonsson, Pit (Obstr interference), 0:36; New Jersey bench, served by Oliwa (too many men on the ice), 3:56.
Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Malakhov, N.J. (Obstr interference), 12:17; Wright, Pit (slashing), 15:05; Elias, N.J. (Roughing), 15:05; Malakhov, N.J. (Kneeing, game misconduct), 17:03; Kovalev, Pit (Ob holding the stick), 18:31.

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		12	11	8	--31
Pittsburgh		8	12	4	--24

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 2, Pit - 0 of 4. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (24 shots, 22 saves; record: 38-15-8). Pittsburgh, J Aubin (31, 28; record: 18-20-3). A:16,313. Referee: P Devorski. Linesmen: Champoux, Orourke.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Pittsburgh
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Arnott Elias Gomez Holik K Daneyko Lemieux Madden Malakhov Morrison Nemchinov Niedermayer Oliwa Pandolfo Pederson Quint Rafalski Stevens Sykora	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0	even even -1 +1 even even -1 even +1 even -1 even even +2 even +1 +2 even	2 3 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 4	A Morozov Brown Falloon Hrdina I Moran Jonsson Kasparaitis Kovalev Lang M Barnaby Rozsival Slaney Slegr Sonnenberg Straka Titov Werenka Wright	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	+2 -1 even even -1 +1 -1 -2 -1 +2 even -2 +1 -1 -2 -2 even +2	2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 4