Pittsburgh            1 2 1--4
New Jersey            0 0 1--1

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 1 (Werenka, Straka), 7:09
Penalties:
  Andrusak, PIT (hooking), 7:59
  Odelein, NJD (hooking), 8:28
  Brown, PIT (elbowing), 12:12
  Kovalev, PIT (slashing), 15:01
  K Daneyko, NJD (interference), 18:36

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Pittsburgh, Andrusak 1 (Miller, Kovalev), 3:19
  3, Pittsburgh, Straka 1 (Titov), 12:55
Penalties:
  Arnott, NJD (cross checking), 4:10
  Straka, PIT (holding), 5:00
  I Moran, PIT (interference), 8:54
  K Daneyko, NJD (roughing), 16:32
  Stevens, NJD (roughing), 19:17

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 1 (Hatcher, Miller), 1:41
  5, New Jersey, Andreychuk 1 (Pederson, Stevens), 11:41
Penalties:
  Rolston, NJD (ob tripping), 15:07

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh             5  9  3--17
  New Jersey             7  8 14--29

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (29 shots, 28 saves; record: 1-1-0)
  New Jersey, M Brodeur (17, 13; record: 1-1-0)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 0 of 6, NJD - 0 of 5
Referees: Gregson, Trottier
Linesmen: Lazarowich, Schachte
Attendance: 17,398 (out of 19,040)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Pittsburgh                            New Jersey
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
A Morozov      1   0   +2     3       Andreychuk     1   0   even   2
Andrusak       1   0   even   1       Arnott         0   0   -1     1
Brown          0   0   +1     2       Carpenter      0   0   even   0
Dollas         0   0   even   1       Dean           0   0   -1     3
Hatcher        0   1   +2     2       Elias          0   0   -1     1
Hrdina         0   0   +1     0       Holik          0   0   -2     2
I Moran        0   0   +1     1       K Daneyko      0   0   -1     1
Kesa           0   0   -1     0       McKay          0   0   -2     4
Kovalev        1   1   +2     2       Morrison       0   0   even   2
Lang           0   0   +1     0       Nemchinov      0   0   -2     0
M Barnaby      0   0   even   0       Niedermayer    0   0   -1     1
Miller         0   2   +2     1       Odelein        0   0   -2     3
Slegr          0   0   +1     0       Pandolfo       0   0   even   0
Sonnenberg     0   0   -1     0       Pederson       0   1   +1     1
Straka         1   1   +2     1       Rolston        0   0   even   4
Titov          0   1   +1     3       Souray         0   0   -1     0
Werenka        0   1   +2     0       Stevens        0   1   even   3
Wright         0   0   -1     0       Sykora         0   0   -1     1
Jagr           Groin                  Bombardir      Healthy
Kasparaitis    Knee Injury            Brylin         Healthy
J Aubin        Healthy                Sharifijanov   Healthy
Hiller         Healthy                Oliwa          Healthy
Peterson       Healthy
Ignatjev       Healthy
Hlushko        Healthy
Wilkinson      Healthy
Serowik        Healthy
Bonin          Healthy
Galanov        Healthy