1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
New Jersey	0	1	1	2
Buffalo	0	1	2	3

First Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Elias, N.J. (Unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:13; Mckee, Buf (interference), 12:31; Elias, N.J. (Tripping), 14:59; Rafalski, N.J. (Obstr tripping), 18:23.
Second Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Gomez 16 (power play) (Elias, Sykora), 4:13. 2, Buffalo, D Ward 7 (Afinogenov), 19:41. Penalties: Rasmussen, Buf (boarding), 3:16; Odelein, N.J. (Holding), 6:17; Sarich, Buf (interference), 12:38.
Third Period: Scoring: 3, Buffalo, Satan 29 (power play) (Varada, Woolley), 9:38. 4, New Jersey, Rafalski 4 (Gomez, Morrison), 10:52. 5, Buffalo, Sanderson 11 (power play) (Afinogenov, Satan), 16:01. Penalties: Stevens, N.J. (Roughing), 3:31; Ray, Buf (roughing), 3:31; Zhitnik, Buf (slashing), 4:17; Niedermayer, N.J. (Tripping), 9:23; Terreri, N.J. Served by Gomez (Obstr tripping), 14:23; Elias, N.J. (Slashing), 19:54; D Ward, Buf (slashing), 19:54.

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		14	15	8	--37
Buffalo		9	9	7	--25

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 1 of 4, Buf - 2 of 6. Goalies: New Jersey, Terreri (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 2-6-0). Buffalo, Hasek (37, 35; record: 5-4-4). A:18,297. Referees: Angus, B Mccreary. Linesmen: Brisebois, Scapinello.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Buffalo
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Brylin Elias Gomez Holik K Daneyko Lemieux Madden Mckay Morrison Nemchinov Niedermayer Odelein Oliwa Pederson Rafalski Souray Stevens Sykora	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0	0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	even even even even even even even even +1 -1 even -1 even even +1 -1 +1 even	2 4 6 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 4	Afinogenov B Holzinger D Ward Grosek Kalinin Mckee Peca R Warrener Rasmussen Ray S Barnes Sanderson Sarich Satan Tsyplakov Varada Woolley Zhitnik	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0	2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0	even -1 +1 even -1 +1 even even even even +1 -1 +1 even even even even -1	4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 3 2 2