Boston                2 0 0--2
Pittsburgh            2 0 3--5

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Boston, Ferraro 6 (T Taylor), 4:31
  2, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 14 (Lang, Dollas), 7:44
  3, Boston, Thornton 9 (Dimaio, Ellett), 11:33
  4, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 15 (Titov), 14:24
Penalties:
  Hrdina, PIT (high sticking), 2:09
  I Moran, PIT (ob hold stick), 9:30
  Jagr, PIT (holding), 15:05
  Dimaio, BOS (roughing), 18:19

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Axelsson, BOS (roughing), 1:23
  Gill, BOS (high sticking), 1:23
  Kesa, PIT (roughing), 1:23
  Gill, BOS (interference), 8:27
  Hatcher, PIT (elbowing), 12:14
  Kasparaitis, PIT (roughing), 14:32
  Dimaio, BOS (roughing), 14:32
  Heinze, BOS (roughing), 14:32
  Hatcher, PIT (elbowing), 15:55
  T Taylor, BOS (high sticking), 15:55

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Pittsburgh, Hatcher 8 (Titov, Kovalev), 2:29
  6, Pittsburgh, Straka 23 (shorthanded) (Slegr), 7:26
  7, Pittsburgh, Titov 7 (Lang), 15:14
Penalties:
  Werenka, PIT (tripping), 4:00
  Titov, PIT (hooking), 6:59

Shots on Goal:
  Boston                12  8  7--27
  Pittsburgh             9 11  8--28

Goalies:
  Boston, Tallas (28 shots, 23 saves; record: 5-4-1)
  Pittsburgh, Skudra (27, 25; record: 6-4-3)

Power-play conversions: BOS - 0 of 6, PIT - 0 of 4
Referees: Gregson
Linesmen: Scapinello, Schachte
Attendance: 16,323 (out of 17,181)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Boston                                Pittsburgh
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
Allison        0   0   -2     1       A Morozov      0   0   even   0
Axelsson       0   0   +1     1       Barnes         0   0   even   0
Bates          0   0   -2     2       Dollas         0   1   +3     0
Baumgartner    0   0   -2     0       Hatcher        1   0   +2     1
Bourque        0   0   -1     1       Hrdina         0   0   -2     3
C Taylor       0   0   -3     1       I Moran        0   0   even   2
Dimaio         0   1   -1     1       Jagr           0   0   -2     4
Ellett         0   1   +2     0       Kasparaitis    0   0   +2     0
Ferraro        1   0   +1     2       Kesa           0   0   even   2
Gill           0   0   even   2       Kovalev        2   1   +4     4
Heinze         0   0   even   2       Lang           0   2   +4     2
Khristich      0   0   -1     0       Miller         0   0   -1     4
Ledyard        0   0   -4     0       Slegr          0   1   +1     2
Samsonov       0   0   -1     3       Sonnenberg     0   0   even   0
Sweeney        0   0   +2     0       Straka         1   0   +1     1
T Taylor       0   1   +1     2       Titov          1   2   +4     2
Thornton       1   0   even   3       Werenka        0   0   -2     1
Van Impe       0   0   -5     6       Wright         0   0   even   0
K Belanger     Healthy                T Barrasso     Neck Injury
K McLaren      Shoulder               Galanov        Shoulder
A Carter       Ankle Injury           Brown          Foot Injury
                                      Ignatjev       Shoulder
                                      Serowik        Concussion
                                      Wilkinson      Healthy