FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Boston, T Sweeney 8 (power play) (A Carter, Allison), 1:45
  2, Hartford, Kron 9 (Dineen, Godynyuk), 16:49
Penalties:
  Primeau, HFD (Ob holding the stick), 0:13
  Grimson, HFD (roughing), 6:24
  Manderville, HFD (roughing), 6:24
  D Malkoc, BOS (double roughing minor), 6:24
  Oneill, HFD (interference), 10:24
  Moger, BOS (cross checking), 11:52
  Oneill, HFD (interference), 12:36
  Chynoweth, BOS (hooking), 19:42

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Hartford, Manderville 3 (Chiasson, Pratt), 5:24
  4, Hartford, Manderville 4 (Malik, Wesley), 9:16
  5, Boston, Moger 10 (power play) (D Sweeney, Rohloff), 14:01
Penalties:
  Chynoweth, BOS (roughing), 9:26
  Manderville, HFD (roughing), 9:26
  Chynoweth, BOS (fighting major), 12:07
  Janssens, HFD (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 12:07

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, Hartford, Kapanen 10 (penalty shot), 11:48
  7, Hartford, Ranheim 10 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 15:10
  8, Boston, Harkins 4 (power play) (Stumpel, D Sweeney), 15:51
  9, Hartford, Manderville 5 (empty net) (Chiasson, S Burke), 19:48
Penalties:
  Beers, BOS (Delay of game), 5:26
  Godynyuk, HFD (holding), 13:58

Shots on Goal:
  Boston                8  6  4--18
  Hartford              7 12 13--32

Goalies:
  Boston, Carey (31 shots, 26 saves; record: 19-21-3)
  Hartford, S Burke (18, 15; record: 17-14-5)

Power-play conversions: BOS - 3 of 5, HFD - 0 of 3
Referee: Stewart
Linesmen: McElman, Schachte
Attendance: 13,155 (out of 14,660)