Pittsburgh            1 1 3--5
Montreal              1 2 0--3

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, Jagr 19 (Hrdina, Slegr), 0:34
  2, Montreal, Koivu 7 (power play) (Recchi, Malakhov), 5:11
Penalties:
  Koivu, MTL (holding), 1:15
  *Werenka, PIT (ob holding), 5:00
  Rivet, MTL (high sticking), 8:03
  Wright, PIT (interference), 11:08

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Montreal, Brunet 11 (power play) (Weinrich, Recchi), 8:03
  4, Montreal, Thornton 3 (Poulin, Brisebois), 18:58
  5, Pittsburgh, Jagr 20 (unassisted), 19:57
Penalties:
  *Kasparaitis, PIT (boarding), 6:11
  Kasparaitis, PIT (interference), 10:05
  Weinrich, MTL (ob holding), 15:36

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, Pittsburgh, Barnes 16 (power play) (Straka, Jagr), 7:58
  7, Pittsburgh, Titov 8 (Lang, Kovalev), 13:39
  8, Pittsburgh, Miller 6 (Jagr, Slegr), 14:25
Penalties:
  Titov, PIT (holding), 1:53
  *Ulanov, MTL (tripping), 6:24
  Wright, PIT (roughing), 8:31
  Koivu, MTL (roughing), 8:31

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh             8 10  6--24
  Montreal               7 12  7--26

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, Skudra (26 shots, 23 saves; record: 7-4-3)
  Montreal, Hackett (24, 19; record: 14-17-7)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 1 of 4, MTL - 2 of 5
Referees: LaRue
Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Morin
Attendance: 20,533 (out of 21,273)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Pittsburgh                            Montreal
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
A Morozov      0   0   even   1       Brisebois      0   1   -1     3
Barnes         1   0   even   1       Brunet         1   0   -2     1
Dollas         0   0   +1     0       Damphousse     0   0   -2     1
Hatcher        0   0   +1     1       Dawe           0   0   even   0
Hrdina         0   1   +2     0       Hoglund        0   0   -1     0
I Moran        0   0   +1     1       Koivu          1   0   -1     2
Jagr           2   2   +3     5       Malakhov       0   1   -2     2
Kasparaitis    0   0   even   0       Poulin         0   1   even   3
Kesa           0   0   even   0       Quintal        0   0   -1     0
Kovalev        0   1   even   1       Recchi         0   2   -1     3
Lang           0   1   even   2       Rivet          0   0   even   1
Miller         1   0   +3     3       Rucinsky       0   0   -1     3
Slegr          0   2   +2     1       S Corson       0   0   -2     1
Sonnenberg     0   0   even   0       Stevenson      0   0   +1     1
Straka         0   1   +1     3       Thornton       1   0   even   2
Titov          1   0   even   2       Ulanov         0   0   even   1
Werenka        0   0   +1     3       Weinrich       0   1   -2     2
Wright         0   0   even   0       Zholtok        0   0   even   0
T Barrasso     Neck Injury            McCleary       Healthy
Wilkinson      Healthy                Clark          Healthy
Serowik        Concussion             Savage         Rib Injury
Ignatjev       Shoulder Surgery
Brown          Foot Injury
Galanov        Shoulder Surgery