

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:01 | PIT | PPG - Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Gonchar & Z. Palffy |
| 18:45 | PIT | Mario Lemieux Tip-In - Assists: Z. Palffy & R. Jackman |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 12:34 | MTL | PPG - Craig Rivet Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Ribeiro & R. Bonk |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 16:29 | MTL | Chris Higgins Snap Shot - Assists: A. Markov & M. Ribeiro |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Michael Ryder | MTL | Save |
| Mark Recchi | PIT | Save |
| Alex Kovalev | MTL | Save |
| Mario Lemieux | PIT | Save |
| Alexander Perezhogin | MTL | Save |
| Sidney Crosby | PIT | Goal |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:51 | MTL | Mike Ribeiro : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 10:30 | MTL | Tomas Plekanec : Slashing - 2 min |
| 13:08 | PIT | Richard Jackman : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:08 | MTL | Alex Kovalev : Roughing - 2 min |
| 14:36 | PIT | Brooks Orpik : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:45 | MTL | Andrei Markov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:58 | PIT | Sidney Crosby : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 05:38 | MTL | Mark Streit : Interference - 2 min |
| 12:06 | PIT | Mark Recchi : Interference - 2 min |
| 13:20 | MTL | Francis Bouillon : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:42 | MTL | Niklas Sundstrom : Interference - 2 min |
| 11:08 | MTL | Steve Begin served by Mark Streit : Elbowing (maj) - 5 min |
| 11:08 | MTL | Steve Begin : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 11:08 | MTL | Steve Begin : Game misconduct - 0 min |
| 12:59 | PIT | Mark Recchi : Interference - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| 05:00 | MTL | Andrei Markov : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
MTL |
10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
PIT |
8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MTL |
60 J. Theodore (L) | 18 - 19 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 21 - 23 | 0.913 | 64:52 |
PIT |
35 J. Thibault (W) | 23 - 24 | 6 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 30 - 32 | 0.938 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 M. Komisarek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 | 0:00 | 5:43 | 17:56 |
| 11 S. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 1:09 | 3:46 | 20:52 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11:01 | 1:37 | 4:12 | 16:50 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:25 | 0:51 | 0:25 | 17:41 |
| 20 C. Higgins | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8:56 | 0:40 | 5:18 | 14:54 |
| 28 S. Begin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 7:52 | 0:00 | 3:36 | 11:28 |
| 25 M. Dandenault | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:43 | 1:38 | 3:15 | 20:36 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 17:19 | 0:38 | 3:26 | 21:23 |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:09 | 1:49 | 0:21 | 12:19 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7:41 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 9:54 |
| 24 N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:15 | 0:00 | 3:34 | 12:49 |
| 42 A. Perezhogin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:50 |
| 44 S. Souray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5:50 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 9:42 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:41 | 0:40 | 3:49 | 21:10 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 | 0:50 | 6:38 | 25:51 |
| 9 M. Ribeiro | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 | 1:59 | 1:44 | 19:26 |
| 73 M. Ryder | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:46 | 1:59 | 1:26 | 19:11 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18:39 | 1:19 | 5:20 | 25:18 |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 | 1:09 | 0:37 | 16:27 |
| 33 S. Poapst | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 | 0:33 | 1:51 | 17:29 |
| 6 R. Whitney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 15:24 | 7:58 | 2:22 | 25:44 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14:00 | 6:52 | 1:20 | 22:12 |
| 27 R. Fata | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:59 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 9:04 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 11:35 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 16:05 |
| 11 L. Pirjeta | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:50 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 14:00 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 17:21 |
| 26 E. Christensen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:26 | 3:49 | 0:00 | 12:15 |
| 18 M. Murley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 5:11 |
| 5 R. Jackman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:10 | 8:24 | 0:32 | 22:06 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:53 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 4:58 |
| 33 Z. Palffy | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 | 7:58 | 0:14 | 22:52 |
| 44 B. Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:38 | 0:55 | 0:31 | 18:04 |
| 55 S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 | 10:29 | 0:37 | 30:04 |
| 66 M. Lemieux | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:38 | 7:57 | 0:00 | 23:35 |
| 71 K. Koltsov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 10:55 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11:56 | 9:43 | 0:00 | 21:39 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16254 |
| Referees | Kerry Fraser, Tom Kowal |
| Linesmen | Derek Amell, David Brisebois |