FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, St Louis, Murphy 7 (Turgeon, Matteau), 1:39
Penalties:
  Emerson, HFD (slashing), 8:05
  Primeau, HFD (roughing), 8:05
  Campbell, STL (spearing major, game misconduct), 8:05

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Hartford, Primeau 11 (power play) (Kron, Emerson), 13:23
  3, St Louis, A MacInnis 9 (unassisted), 14:20
  4, Hartford, Rice 7 (power play) (Leschyschyn, Emerson), 19:00
Penalties:
  Zabransky, STL (tripping), 4:01
  A Burt, HFD (hooking), 5:35
  Courtnall, STL (high sticking), 11:49
  Primeau, HFD (tripping), 15:50
  Matteau, STL (holding stick), 17:52

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, St Louis, Turgeon 4 (power play) (Hull, Murphy), 1:53
  6, Hartford, Rice 8 (Emerson, Primeau), 7:55
  7, Hartford, Dineen 8 (power play) (Leschyschyn, Cassels), 12:43
  8, Hartford, Cassels 8 (empty net) (Dineen), 19:58
Penalties:
  Primeau, HFD (holding), 0:51
  Vasilevski, STL (roughing), 2:28
  Godynyuk, HFD (holding), 5:05
  Matteau, STL (holding), 10:54

Shots on Goal:
  St Louis             11 11  7--29
  Hartford              7  9 11--27

Goalies:
  St Louis, Casey (26 shots, 22 saves; record: 1-5-0)
  Hartford, Muzzatti (29, 26; record: 8-4-3)

Power-play conversions: STL - 1 of 5, HFD - 3 of 7
Referee: Gregson
Linesmen: Murphy, Nowak
Attendance: 12,922 (out of 15,635)