FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Primeau 15 (Rice), 17:55
Penalties:
  K Haller, HFD (hooking), 15:07

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Hartford, Sanderson 28 (K Brown, Wesley), 1:14
  3, Boston, D Sweeney 2 (Donato, Bourque), 2:17
  4, Boston, Tocchet 12 (T Sweeney, Oates), 4:08
  5, Hartford, Emerson 7 (Primeau), 10:32
  6, Boston, J Roy 2 (Dimaio, McCleary), 18:03
Penalties:
  Wilson, BOS (cross checking), 5:23
  Oneill, HFD (holding), 15:01
  Dineen, HFD (roughing), 18:30

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  7, Hartford, Cassels 14 (Wesley, K Brown), 4:55
  8, Hartford, Cassels 15 (power play) (Oneill, Dineen), 10:12
Penalties:
  Staios, BOS (hooking), 9:02
  Tocchet, BOS served by Wilson (high sticking), 12:20
  Featherstone, HFD (slashing), 14:35
  Godynyuk, HFD (boarding), 15:40

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford              9 11 11--31
  Boston               16 15 13--44

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (44 shots, 41 saves; record: 11-10-3)
  Boston, Tallas (31, 26; record: 8-9-0)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 3, BOS - 0 of 5
Referee: Roberts
Linesmen: Murphy, Provost
Attendance: 15,213 (out of 17,565)