Pittsburgh            0 2 1--3
New Jersey            1 1 2--4

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, New Jersey, Stevens 2 (power play) (Odelein, M Brodeur), 16:02
Penalties:
  Brylin, NJD (roughing), 7:53
  *Miller, PIT (interference), 14:05
  M Barnaby, PIT (slashing), 17:25
  M Brodeur, NJD served by Arnott (slashing), 17:25

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, New Jersey, McKay 2 (Holik, Niedermayer), 11:47
  3, Pittsburgh, Hatcher 1 (Kovalev, Lang), 16:08
  4, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 3 (Slegr), 16:21
Penalties:
  Hrdina, PIT (ob hooking), 0:41
  Kovalev, PIT (ob tripping), 6:53
  Dollas, PIT (roughing), 14:01
  Holik, NJD (roughing), 14:01
  M Barnaby, PIT (slashing), 14:50
  Odelein, NJD (slashing), 14:50

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, New Jersey, Sykora 3 (Elias, Arnott), 1:42
  6, New Jersey, McKay 3 (Holik, Elias), 14:04
  7, Pittsburgh, Miller 1 (power play) (Kovalev, Brown), 19:13
Penalties:
  *Niedermayer, NJD (cross checking), 18:19
  Sykora, NJD (double high sticking minor), 19:54

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh             3  8  6--17
  New Jersey            13  8  6--27

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (27 shots, 23 saves; record: 2-3-0)
  New Jersey, M Brodeur (17, 14; record: 3-2-0)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 1 of 3, NJD - 1 of 3
Referees: Faucette, Van Massenhoven
Linesmen: Heyer, Knox
Attendance: 18,724 (out of 19,040)

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