FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Cassels, HFD (hooking), 0:45
  Rucinsky, MTL (hooking), 1:34
  Grimson, HFD (high sticking), 7:50
  Murray, MTL (roughing), 7:50
  Recchi, MTL (hooking), 9:13
  Diduck, HFD (fighting major), 11:57
  Murray, MTL (fighting major), 11:57
  Primeau, HFD (tripping), 12:54
  Grimson, HFD (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 17:29
  Murray, MTL (fighting major), 17:29
  Chase, HFD (roughing), 20:00
  Damphousse, MTL (roughing), 20:00

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Montreal, Recchi 26 (power play) (Koivu, Savage), 7:18
Penalties:
  Cassels, HFD (slashing), 6:49
  Murray, MTL (double butt ending minor), 8:50
  Dineen, HFD (high sticking, roughing), 17:39
  Koivu, MTL (roughing), 17:39

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Hartford, Ranheim 8 (Kapanen, Oneill), 1:38
  3, Hartford, Sanderson 29 (power play) (Cassels, Dineen), 15:37
  4, Montreal, Richer 16 (power play) (V Bure, Damphousse), 17:23
Penalties:
  Damphousse, MTL (tripping), 5:00
  Cullimore, MTL (interference), 9:15
  Rice, HFD (tripping), 10:25
  Featherstone, HFD (double slashing minor), 12:51
  Malakhov, MTL (slashing), 12:51
  Rivet, MTL (hooking, misconduct), 14:44
  Ranheim, HFD (tripping), 16:56

OVERTIME -- Scoring:
  5, Montreal, Savage 20 (Damphousse, Recchi), 1:01
Penalties:
  Chase, HFD (gross misconduct), 1:01

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford               6 13  5  0--24
  Montreal              12 13 10  1--36

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (36 shots, 33 saves; record: 11-11-3)
  Montreal, Jo Theodore (24, 22; record: 3-4-2)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 7, MTL - 2 of 8
Referee: Fraser
Linesmen: Morin, Provost
Attendance: 21,273 (Sellout)