FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Pitlick, OTW (elbowing), 9:46
  Malik, HFD (tripping), 12:46
  Van Allen, OTW (hooking), 18:51

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Primeau 16 (power play) (Sanderson, Wesley), 9:45
  2, Hartford, Primeau 17 (Emerson), 13:05
  3, Ottawa, Pitlick 4 (Redden, Van Allen), 13:59
Penalties:
  Manderville, HFD (high sticking), 2:31
  Duchesne, OTW (double high sticking minor), 6:14
  Leschyshyn, HFD (boarding), 18:27

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Laukkanen, OTW (tripping), 0:39
  Laukkanen, OTW (tripping), 11:07

Shots on Goal:
  Ottawa                 9  9  9--27
  Hartford               5  9 14--28

Goalies:
  Ottawa, Rhodes (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 13-19-12)
  Hartford, S Burke (27, 26; record: 12-12-3)

Power-play conversions: OTW - 0 of 3, HFD - 1 of 6
Referee: Stewart
Linesmen: G Devorski, Hache
Attendance: 13,767 (out of 15,635)