Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats

Hartford              2 2 1--5
Ottawa                1 1 2--4

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Shanahan 1 (Kron, Wesley), 3:21
  2, Ottawa, Straka 4 (Alfredsson), 7:35
  3, Hartford, Sanderson 2 (Rice, Nikolishin), 15:40
Penalties:
  Hill, OTW (interference), 3:42
  Mallette, OTW (fighting major), 9:43
  Chase, HFD (fighting major), 9:43
  Shanahan, HFD (hooking), 10:53
  Chase, HFD (fighting major), 16:08
  Mallette, OTW (fighting major), 16:08

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, Hartford, Shanahan 2 (power play) (Wesley), 2:20
  5, Hartford, Nikolishin 1 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 4:58
  6, Ottawa, Cunneyworth 3 (Bonk), 9:41
Penalties:
  Modry, OTW (interference), 1:52
  Featherstone, HFD (cross checking), 3:21
  Featherstone, HFD (tripping), 7:07
  Sanderson, HFD (hooking), 10:09
  Musil, OTW (hooking), 13:14
  Sanderson, HFD (high sticking), 15:19

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  7, Ottawa, Tormanen 4 (Bonk, Duchesne), 1:03
  8, Ottawa, Bonk 4 (power play) (Cunneyworth, Duchesne), 10:15
  9, Hartford, Emerson 5 (power play) (Kron, Wesley), 11:35
Penalties:
  Emerson, HFD (interference), 8:37
  Musil, OTW (holding), 10:56
  Featherstone, HFD (hooking), 18:44

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford              14  3  6--23
  Ottawa                12 14 11--37

Goalies:
  Hartford, Reese (37 shots, 33 saves; record: 1-1-0)
  Ottawa, Beaupre (17, 13)
    Bales (4:58 of 2nd period, 6, 5; record: 0-2-0)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 2 of 4, OTW - 1 of 7
Referee: Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: Driscoll, Seitz
Attendance: 8,794 (out of 10,585)