FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Primeau 22 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 16:04
  2, Montreal, Quintal 7 (Thornton, Stevenson), 17:24
  3, Montreal, Recchi 34 (Koivu, Brunet), 18:17
Penalties:
  Rivet, MTL (holding stick), 6:02
  Thornton, MTL (high sticking), 12:10
  Wesley, HFD (high sticking), 12:45
  K Haller, HFD (roughing), 15:21

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, Montreal, Manson 4 (unassisted), 15:05
Penalties:
  Primeau, HFD (goalie interference), 1:42

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Montreal, Koivu 16 (Brunet, Recchi), 6:56
Penalties:
  Grimson, HFD (high sticking), 2:54
  Popovic, MTL (interference), 9:42

Shots on Goal:
  Montreal               9 13 10--32
  Hartford               6  6 13--25

Goalies:
  Montreal, Thibault (25 shots, 24 saves; record: 20-22-10)
  Hartford, S Burke (32, 28; record: 19-20-5)

Power-play conversions: MTL - 0 of 4, HFD - 0 of 3
Referee: McGeough
Linesmen: G Devorski, Murphy
Attendance: 14,177 (out of 14,660)