FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Ottawa, Daigle 15 (Cunneyworth, Laukkanen), 4:57
  2, Hartford, Rice 10 (A Burt, Primeau), 7:47
  3, Ottawa, Daigle 16 (Cunneyworth), 13:31
  4, Hartford, Sanderson 22 (Cassels, Dineen), 18:53
Penalties:
  Zent, OTW (slashing), 15:14
  Oneill, HFD (slashing), 20:00
  Pitlick, OTW (slashing), 20:00

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Malik, HFD (interference), 1:15
  Gardiner, OTW (holding), 9:27
  Primeau, HFD (roughing), 13:49
  Lambert, OTW (roughing), 13:49
  York, OTW (holding), 14:25
  Oneill, HFD (Ob holding the stick), 16:23
  Redden, OTW (hooking), 17:20

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Hartford, Rice 11 (Primeau, K Haller), 15:17
Penalties:
  Primeau, HFD (roughing), 11:51
  Lambert, OTW (roughing), 11:51

Shots on Goal:
  Ottawa                 9 12 11--32
  Hartford              11  9  9--29

Goalies:
  Ottawa, Rhodes (29 shots, 26 saves; record: 9-12-7)
  Hartford, Giguere (32, 30; record: 1-1-0)

Power-play conversions: OTW - 0 of 2, HFD - 0 of 4
Referee: Jackson
Linesmen: Collins, Provost
Attendance: 14,092 (out of 15,635)