FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Tampa Bay, Myhres 1 (Zamuner), 6:46
Penalties:
  Featherstone, HFD (slashing), 3:50
  Sanderson, HFD (fighting major), 6:25
  Langkow, TBL (fighting major), 6:25
  Gratton, TBL (hooking), 9:07
  Wiemer, TBL (roughing), 12:25
  Chase, HFD (roughing), 12:25
  Zamuner, TBL (tripping), 17:00
  Featherstone, HFD (roughing), 18:48

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Hartford, Emerson 1 (Primeau, Rice), 4:08
  3, Tampa Bay, Burr 6 (power play) (Poulin, Houlder), 5:13
  4, Hartford, Cassels 6 (power play) (Sanderson, Emerson), 6:25
  5, Hartford, A Burt 1 (Janssens, Oneill), 11:50
  6, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 5 (Poulin), 18:19
Penalties:
  Dineen, HFD (hooking), 4:35
  Zamuner, TBL (hooking), 5:29
  Ulanov, TBL (interference), 7:39
  Diduck, HFD (fighting major), 13:52
  Wiemer, TBL (fighting major), 13:52
  Muzzatti, HFD served by Rice (Leaving the crease), 13:52
  Schwab, TBL served by Selivanov (Leaving the crease), 13:52
  Malik, HFD (slashing), 14:52
  Muzzatti, HFD served by Sanderson (slashing), 20:00

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  7, Hartford, Oneill 5 (unassisted), 2:26
  8, Hartford, Sanderson 13 (power play) (Cassels, Emerson), 11:20
  9, Hartford, Sanderson 14 (power play) (Cassels, Featherstone), 18:27
Penalties:
  Hamrlik, TBL (hooking), 10:59
  Dineen, HFD (slashing), 11:10
  Cross, TBL (slashing), 11:10
  Rice, HFD (cross checking), 15:28
  Tampa Bay bench, served by Langkow (too many men on the ice), 16:29

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford               8 11 11--30
  Tampa Bay             11 14  3--28

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (3 shots, 3 saves)
    Muzzatti (3:50 of 1st period, 25, 22; record: 4-2-2)
  Tampa Bay, Schwab (30, 24; record: 6-8-1)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 3 of 6, TBL - 1 of 6
Referee: Fraser
Linesmen: Driscoll, Racicot
Attendance: 16375 (Sellout)