Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats

Montreal              2 1 0--3
Hartford              1 0 4--5

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Montreal, Malakhov 4 (power play) (Damphousse, Recchi), 5:01
  2, Montreal, Damphousse 26 (Rucinsky), 5:27
  3, Hartford, Wesley 7 (power play) (Brown, Shanahan), 7:51
Penalties:
  S Daniels, HFD (hooking), 4:15
  S Daniels, HFD (fighting major), 7:04
  Rivet, MTL (fighting major), 7:04
  Odelein, MTL (interference), 7:04
  Damphousse, MTL (roughing), 10:15
  Wesley, HFD (tripping), 14:14
  V Bure, MTL (hooking), 15:09

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, Montreal, Wilkie 1 (power play) (V Bure, Rucinsky), 10:09
Penalties:
  Popovic, MTL (interference), 4:20
  Brown, HFD (interference), 5:29
  Cassels, HFD (cross checking), 9:25
  Chase, HFD (fighting major), 13:34
  Murray, MTL (fighting major), 13:34
  Sanderson, HFD (interference), 13:56
  Turgeon, MTL (hooking), 14:26
  Popovic, MTL (elbowing), 19:12

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Hartford, Kapanen 2 (Shanahan, Brown), 5:35
  6, Hartford, Rice 7 (Featherstone, Brown), 10:02
  7, Hartford, Nikolishin 8 (Kron), 11:02
  8, Hartford, Kapanen 3 (Shanahan), 19:02
Penalties:
  Brown, HFD (interference), 15:06

Shots on Goal:
  Montreal               5 12  4--21
  Hartford              13 11 11--35

Goalies:
  Montreal, Jablonski (32 shots, 28 saves; record: 4-7-5)
    Jo Theodore (11:02 of 3rd period, 3, 2)
  Hartford, S Burke (21, 18; record: 20-20-4)

Power-play conversions: MTL - 2 of 6, HFD - 1 of 6
Referee: Koharski. Linesmen: Collins, Murphy
Attendance: 14,311 (out of 15,635)