FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Colorado, LaCroix 8 (Forsberg, Gusarov), 7:30
Penalties:
  Forsberg, COL (tripping), 4:03

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Hartford, Primeau 5 (Kapanen, Wesley), 5:14
  3, Hartford, Primeau 6 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 8:41
  4, Hartford, Grimson 1 (Primeau, Dineen), 13:44
  5, Hartford, Featherstone 2 (Kapanen, A Burt), 19:56
Penalties:
  A Burt, HFD (high sticking), 8:04
  Ranheim, HFD (hooking), 16:40
  Coffey, HFD (roughing), 19:42
  Jones, COL (charging), 19:42

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, Colorado, LaCroix 9 (power play) (Lefebvre, Foote), 10:37
  7, Colorado, Deadmarsh 5 (Yelle, Corbet), 14:30
  8, Colorado, Ozolinsh 6 (Kamensky, Forsberg), 15:38
Penalties:
  Oneill, HFD (holding), 9:05
  Sanderson, HFD (high sticking), 14:52
  Jones, COL (goalie interference), 14:52

OVERTIME -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Dineen, HFD (roughing), 0:50
  Gusarov, COL served by Jones (roughing, misconduct), 0:50

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford                 4 13  3   0--20
  Colorado               7 13 15  4--39

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (39 shots, 35 saves; record: 6-4-1)
  Colorado, Roy (20, 16; record: 12-3-3)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 0 of 1, COL - 1 of 3
Referee: Trottier. Linesmen: Cameron, Lazarowich
Attendance: 16,061 (Sellout)