FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, Nedved 10 (power play) (Hatcher, Barnes), 18:06
Penalties:
  Featherstone, HFD (double roughing minor), 3:18
  Roche, PIT (double roughing minor), 3:18
  Johansson, PIT (high sticking), 14:16
  A Burt, HFD (holding), 16:48
  Hatcher, PIT (roughing), 18:30

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Pittsburgh, Olausson 3 (power play) (Woolley, Nedved), 7:25
Penalties:
  Olausson, PIT (high sticking), 2:56
  A Burt, HFD (hooking), 5:53
  Kasparaitis, PIT (boarding), 11:15
  Grimson, HFD (roughing), 16:22
  Jagr, PIT (cross checking), 17:41
  Dineen, HFD (slashing major, game misconduct), 17:41

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Pittsburgh, Jagr 17 (Lemieux), 3:12
  4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 18 (unassisted), 7:50
  5, Hartford, Kapanen 4 (Cassels, Emerson), 10:48
  6, Pittsburgh, Hatcher 4 (Sandstrom), 12:26
  7, Pittsburgh, Francis 6 (unassisted), 18:13
  8, Pittsburgh, Johansson 3 (unassisted), 19:56
Penalties:
  Janssens, HFD (fighting major), 4:53
  Stojanov, PIT (fighting major), 4:53
  Grimson, HFD (fighting major), 8:57
  Tamer, PIT (fighting major), 8:57

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh            12 11 14--37
  Hartford              11 14 13--38

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, Wregget (38 shots, 37 saves; record: 7-9-1)
  Hartford, Muzzatti (37, 30; record: 1-3-1)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 2 of 4, HFD - 0 of 4
Referee: Ohalloran. Linesmen: Driscoll, Stickle
Attendance: 14,572 (out of 15,635)