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

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, New Jersey, Rolston 2 (Pandolfo, Carpenter), 2:30
  2, New Jersey, McKay 3 (Stevens, Holik), 9:23
  3, New Jersey, Arnott 2 (power play) (Niedermayer, Morrison), 14:48
  4, Pittsburgh, Straka 6 (Hatcher, Brown), 19:59
Penalties:
  *Jagr, PIT (hooking), 13:42
  K Daneyko, NJD (tripping), 17:57

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Miller, PIT (ob hooking), 3:05
  Niedermayer, NJD (ob hooking), 18:24

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Pittsburgh, Barnes 5 (Jagr, Straka), 3:03
  6, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 3 (Serowik), 3:48
  7, New Jersey, McKay 4 (Sharifijanov, Holik), 14:53
Penalties:
  Brown, PIT (boarding), 5:04

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh             3  7 10--20
  New Jersey            15  3 10--28

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (28 shots, 24 saves; record: 2-1-0)
    J Aubin (18:24 of 2nd period, 0, 0)
    T Barrasso (start of 3rd)
  New Jersey, Terreri (20, 17; record: 3-0-0)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 0 of 2, NJD - 1 of 3
Referees: Stewart
Linesmen: Amell, Morin
Attendance: 17,452 (out of 19,040)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Pittsburgh                            New Jersey
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
A Morozov      1   0   even   3       Arnott         1   0   even   3
Barnes         1   0   +2     4       Bombardir      0   0   even   0
Brown          0   1   +1     1       Brylin         0   0   even   1
Dollas         0   0   even   1       Carpenter      0   1   -1     2
Galanov        0   0   -1     1       Dean           0   0   +1     1
Hatcher        0   1   +1     2       Elias          0   0   even   0
Hrdina         0   0   -1     0       Holik          0   2   +1     3
Ignatjev       0   0   -1     0       K Daneyko      0   0   -1     0
Jagr           0   1   -1     0       McKay          2   0   +1     5
Kasparaitis    0   0   even   0       Morrison       0   1   even   0
Kesa           0   0   -1     0       Niedermayer    0   1   even   0
Lang           0   0   even   3       Odelein        0   0   -1     1
Miller         0   0   -1     1       Pandolfo       0   1   +1     1
Serowik        0   1   even   1       Pederson       0   0   even   1
Straka         1   1   +2     2       Rolston        1   0   -1     2
Titov          0   0   +1     1       Sharifijanov   0   1   even   3
Werenka        0   0   even   0       Stevens        0   1   even   3
Wright         0   0   -1     0       Sykora         0   0   even   2
Skudra         Leg Injury             Souray         Healthy
Tamer          Healthy                Andreychuk     Sternum Injury
Wilkinson      Groin                  Oliwa          Healthy
Lebeau         Elbow Injury           Lakovic        Healthy
I Moran        Ankle Injury
Slegr          Hand