FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Rice 18 (Cassels), 1:00
  2, Hartford, Rice 19 (power play) (Chiasson, Emerson), 7:48
  3, Hartford, Cassels 20 (Sanderson, Leschyshyn), 8:12
  4, Tampa Bay, Cullen 18 (power play) (Ciccarelli, Hamrlik), 16:18
Penalties:
  Leschyshyn, HFD (hooking), 5:35
  Gratton, TBL (cross checking), 6:41
  Dineen, HFD (roughing), 15:19
  A Burt, HFD (holding), 15:19
  Gratton, TBL (roughing), 15:19

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Cullen, TBL (slashing), 2:11
  Emerson, HFD (hooking), 2:24
  Ciccarelli, TBL (roughing), 4:23
  K Haller, HFD (roughing), 4:23
  Huscroft, TBL (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 4:23
  Godynyuk, HFD (fighting major), 4:23
  Grimson, HFD (roughing), 9:31
  Manderville, HFD (tripping), 15:39

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Tampa Bay, Andersson 5 (shorthanded) (Houlder, Wiemer), 10:20
  6, Hartford, Primeau 21 (Kron), 11:48
  7, Hartford, Dineen 18 (empty net) (unassisted), 18:49
Penalties:
  Ciccarelli, TBL (slashing), 5:12
  K Haller, HFD (holding), 7:53
  Ciccarelli, TBL (slashing), 8:49
  Selivanov, TBL (fighting major), 12:40
  Chiasson, HFD (fighting major), 12:40
  Gratton, TBL (roughing), 14:24

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford              15 12  9--36
  Tampa Bay             10 13 19--42

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (42 shots, 40 saves; record: 18-19-5)
  Tampa Bay, Tabaracci (35, 31; record: 20-28-6)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 6, TBL - 1 of 6
Referee: Marouelli
Linesmen: Hodges, Morin
Attendance: 19,984 (out of 26,000)