Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats

Hartford              1 0 1--2
Montreal              1 0 2--3

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, A Burt 3 (Ranheim), 14:06
  2, Montreal, Rucinsky 28 (V Bure, Damphousse), 14:39
Penalties:
  Ranheim, HFD (interference), 5:27
  Savage, MTL (roughing), 11:49
  Brown, HFD (slashing), 17:05
  Koivu, MTL (slashing), 17:05

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Rucinsky, MTL (hooking), 3:21
  McCrimmon, HFD (slashing, roughing), 11:49
  Savage, MTL (double roughing minor), 11:49
  Oneill, HFD (Delay of game), 12:50
  Kron, HFD (hooking), 17:45

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Montreal, Savage 25 (Wilkie, Koivu), 7:13
  4, Hartford, Cassels 17 (power play) (Sanderson, Shanahan), 10:28
  5, Montreal, Turgeon 34 (Fitzpatrick, Popovic), 16:49
Penalties:
  Odelein, MTL (holding), 9:23

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford              11 10 12--33
  Montreal               8 11 10--29

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (29 shots, 26 saves; record: 25-24-5)
  Montreal, Thibault (33, 31; record: 22-13-4)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 2, MTL - 0 of 3
Referee: Marouelli. Linesmen: Racicot, Schachte
Attendance: 21,255 (out of 21,360)