Pittsburgh            3 0 0--3
New Jersey            2 0 3--5

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 20 (Titov, Hrdina), 7:55
  2, New Jersey, McKay 16 (Rolston), 11:05
  3, New Jersey, Arnott 23 (power play) (Morrison, Niedermayer), 12:58
  4, Pittsburgh, Hrdina 12 (Kovalev), 13:39
  5, Pittsburgh, M Barnaby 5 (power play) (Jagr, Titov), 17:53
Penalties:
  McKay, NJD (roughing), 8:34
  M Barnaby, PIT (roughing), 8:34
  *Brown, PIT (high sticking), 11:43
  Pederson, NJD (roughing), 13:57
  *Elias, NJD (charging), 16:59

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Arnott, NJD (high sticking), 1:37
  Souray, NJD (roughing), 14:35

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, New Jersey, Bombardir 1 (Carpenter), 5:22
  7, New Jersey, Sykora 24 (power play) (Arnott, Niedermayer), 11:28
  8, New Jersey, Elias 14 (empty net) (Sykora, Arnott), 19:37
Penalties:
  *Slegr, PIT (ob holding), 11:13
  Kovalev, PIT (tripping), 15:32

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh             7  6  1--14
  New Jersey            12 10 17--39

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, Skudra (38 shots, 34 saves; record: 15-8-5)
  New Jersey, M Brodeur (14, 11; record: 33-19-9)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 1 of 4, NJD - 2 of 3
Referees: Faucette
Linesmen: Broseker, Sericolo
Attendance: 16,204 (out of 19,040)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Pittsburgh                            New Jersey
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
A Morozov      0   0   -1     0       Andreychuk     0   0   -1     0
Brown          0   0   -1     1       Arnott         1   2   +1     4
Butenschon     0   0   even   0       Bombardir      1   0   -2     4
Dollas         0   0   -2     0       Brylin         0   0   even   0
Hrdina         1   1   +1     2       Carpenter      0   1   +1     3
I Moran        0   0   +2     0       Dean           0   0   even   1
Jagr           0   1   -2     3       Elias          1   0   +1     5
Kesa           0   0   even   1       K Daneyko      0   0   -1     1
Kovalev        1   1   +1     2       McKay          1   0   even   3
M Barnaby      1   0   -1     1       Morrison       0   1   even   1
Miller         0   0   -2     1       Nemchinov      0   0   +1     0
Slegr          0   0   -2     1       Niedermayer    0   2   +2     6
Straka         0   0   -3     0       Pederson       0   0   -1     2
Titov          0   2   +2     2       Rolston        0   1   +1     4
Werenka        0   0   +2     0       Sharifijanov   0   0   even   0
Wilkinson      0   0   even   0       Souray         0   0   -1     2
Wright         0   0   even   0       Sutton         0   0   even   1
                                      Sykora         1   1   +1     2
Hatcher        Foot Injury            Stevens        Groin
Kasparaitis    Knee Injury            Holik          Suspended Nhl
Serowik        Concussion             Pandolfo       Shoulder
Lang           Ankle Injury           Odelein        Knee Injury
Ignatjev       Rotator Cuff           Oliwa          Healthy
Galanov        Shoulder