Montreal              1 3 0 0--4
Pittsburgh            1 2 1 0--4

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, Straka 30 (Werenka, Jagr), 3:50
  2, Montreal, Poulin 8 (Malakhov, Dawe), 12:59
Penalties:
  Slegr, PIT (interference), 10:17
  Kovalev, PIT (hooking), 15:00

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Pittsburgh, Miller 16 (Hrdina, Jagr), 0:34
  4, Pittsburgh, Barnes 20 (power play) (Hatcher, Jagr), 10:10
  5, Montreal, Stevenson 6 (Zholtok, Malakhov), 11:39
  6, Montreal, Malakhov 12 (power play) (S Corson, Koivu), 16:20
  7, Montreal, S Corson 11 (Recchi, Weinrich), 19:08
Penalties:
  Brisebois, MTL (tripping), 2:09
  Stevenson, MTL (elbowing), 7:54
  *Malakhov, MTL (boarding), 8:51
  *Jagr, PIT (slashing), 15:32
  Malakhov, MTL (slashing), 19:52
  Brown, PIT (cross checking), 19:52

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  8, Pittsburgh, Jagr 29 (Lang), 1:50
Penalties:
  Galanov, PIT (ob holding the stick), 2:58

OVERTIME -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  None

Shots on Goal:
  Montreal              17 14  5  1--37
  Pittsburgh             5  5  7  1--18

Goalies:
  Montreal, Hackett (18 shots, 14 saves; record: 19-14-7)
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (10, 9)
    Skudra (12:59 of 1st period, 27, 24; record: 12-5-4)

Power-play conversions: MTL - 1 of 4, PIT - 1 of 3
Referees: Kimmerly
Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Driscoll
Attendance: 15,307 (out of 17,181)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Montreal                              Pittsburgh
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
Brisebois      0   0   -1     1       A Morozov      0   0   even   0
Clark          0   0   even   0       Barnes         1   0   -1     2
Damphousse     0   0   even   2       Brown          0   0   even   1
Dawe           0   1   +1     0       Galanov        0   0   -1     0
Hoglund        0   0   even   1       Hatcher        0   1   +2     1
Koivu          0   1   -1     4       Hrdina         0   1   -1     0
Malakhov       1   2   even   5       I Moran        0   0   even   0
McCleary       0   0   even   0       Jagr           1   3   +1     5
Poulin         1   0   +2     1       Kasparaitis    0   0   -1     2
Quintal        0   0   -1     2       Kesa           0   0   -1     0
Recchi         0   1   even   4       Kovalev        0   0   even   1
Rivet          0   0   even   1       Lang           0   1   +1     1
Rucinsky       0   0   -1     2       Miller         1   0   +1     2
S Corson       1   1   -1     5       Slegr          0   0   +2     1
Savage         0   0   -2     3       Sonnenberg     0   0   -1     0
Stevenson      1   0   +2     2       Straka         1   0   +1     2
Weinrich       0   1   +1     2       Titov          0   0   even   0
Zholtok        0   1   +1     2       Werenka        0   1   -2     0
Thornton       Headache               Serowik        Concussion
Brunet         Healthy                Ignatjev       Shoulder Surgery
Ulanov         Healthy                Wilkinson      Healthy
                                      Dollas         Healthy
                                      Wright         Healthy