Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats

Florida               2 1 2--5
Hartford              1 1 1--3

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Oneill 3 (Featherstone, Shanahan), 0:38
  2, Florida, Dvorak 7 (Skrudland, Murphy), 9:22
  3, Florida, Hough 3 (shorthanded) (Skrudland), 11:18
Penalties:
  Garpenlov, FLA (holding), 10:36
  M Fitzpatrick, FLA served by Warrener (delaying game), 14:03
  Cassels, HFD (tripping), 14:06
  Sanderson, HFD (slashing), 15:27
  B Lindsay, FLA (holding stick), 18:13

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, Florida, Mellanby 15 (power play) (M Svensson, R Svehla), 11:07
  5, Hartford, Kron 5 (power play) (Emerson, Cassels), 18:26
Penalties:
  Mellanby, FLA (hooking), 9:00
  Wesley, HFD (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:00
  Malik, HFD (holding), 10:47
  Carkner, FLA (tripping), 17:38

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, Florida, Jovanovski 1 (Mellanby), 5:36
  7, Florida, Niedermayer 12 (Garpenlov), 13:53
  8, Hartford, Shanahan 5 (Oneill), 15:57
Penalties:
  Garpenlov, FLA (high sticking), 11:19
  Skrudland, FLA (slashing), 16:32

Shots on Goal:
  Florida               12  9  7--28
  Hartford              12 15  7--34

Goalies:
  Florida, M Fitzpatrick (34 shots, 31 saves; record: 6-1-0)
  Hartford, S Burke (28, 23; record: 7-9-1)

Power-play conversions: FLA - 1 of 3, HFD - 1 of 6
Referee: P Devorski. Linesmen: Gauthier, Provost
Attendance: 10,092 (out of 15,635)