FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Buffalo, Dawe 3 (power play) (Peca, Burridge), 4:56
  2, Buffalo, Barnaby 2 (Shannon), 15:46
  3, Hartford, Primeau 3 (power play) (Kron, Wesley), 17:18
  4, Hartford, Sanderson 8 (power play) (A Burt, Dineen), 19:21
Penalties:
  Grimson, HFD (elbowing), 4:13
  Moore, BUF (interference), 6:35
  Barnaby, BUF (fighting major), 8:56
  Primeau, HFD (fighting major), 8:56
  Malik, HFD (double high sticking minor), 10:02
  Janssens, HFD (high sticking), 12:55
  Ward, BUF (fighting major), 14:41
  Featherstone, HFD (fighting major), 14:41
  Moore, BUF (high sticking), 14:41
  Leschyschyn, HFD (high sticking), 14:41
  Shannon, BUF (tripping), 16:11
  Ray, BUF (double roughing minor), 18:04
  Cassels, HFD (roughing), 18:04

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Hartford, Sanderson 9 (Chase, Cassels), 5:42
  6, Buffalo, Burridge 2 (Peca), 19:11
Penalties:
  Ray, BUF (fighting major), 10:14
  Chase, HFD (fighting major, game misconduct), 10:14
  Malik, HFD (holding), 13:33
  A Burt, HFD (holding), 15:33
  Shannon, BUF (interference), 16:31
  Primeau, HFD (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:37
  Barnaby, BUF (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:37

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Peca, BUF (double high sticking minor), 4:31
  Sanderson, HFD (interference), 5:11
  Primeau, HFD (hooking), 5:47
  Dawe, BUF (interference), 13:09
  Primeau, HFD (interference), 17:06
  Moore, BUF (interference), 18:09
  Barnaby, BUF (misconduct, game misconduct), 18:09

OVERTIME -- Scoring:
  7, Hartford, Leschyschyn 1 (Sanderson, Wesley), 4:55
Penalties:
  Featherstone, HFD (roughing), 4:07
  Hasek, BUF served by Mckee (roughing), 4:07

Shots on Goal:
  Buffalo               12   7   6  1--26
  Hartford             14 12 16  2--44

Goalies:
  Buffalo, Hasek (44 shots, 40 saves; record: 6-7-1)
  Hartford, S Burke (26, 23; record: 4-4-0)

Power-play conversions: BUF - 1 of 8, HFD - 2 of 7
Referee: Gregson. Linesmen: Nowak, Murphy
Attendance: 13,352 (out of 15,635)