1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
New Jersey	0	2	2	4
Atlanta	0	1	0	1

First Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: K Daneyko, N.J. (Boarding), 9:51; Stevens, N.J. (Hooking), 13:18.
Second Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Oliwa 1 (unassisted), 8:58. 2, New Jersey, Holik 1 (Madden, Mckay), 9:38. 3, Atlanta, Buchberger 1 (Stefan, Prochazka), 11:26. Penalties: Dean, Atl (hooking), 4:37; Svartvadet, Atl (Obstr holding), 12:43; Ferraro, Atl (high sticking), 19:35; Emerson, Atl (roughing), 19:35; M Brodeur, N.J. Served by Gomez ( double roughing minor), 19:35; Arnott, N.J. (Roughing), 19:35.
Third Period: Scoring: 4, New Jersey, Brylin 1 (Oliwa, Nemchinov), 6:31. 5, New Jersey, Holik 2 (Mckay), 12:37. Penalties: Mckay, N.J. (Fighting major), 2:03; Dean, Atl (roughing), 2:03; Tamer, Atl (fighting major), 2:03; Buchberger, Atl (fighting major), 13:31; Odelein, N.J. (Fighting major), 13:31; Holik, N.J. (Cross checking), 16:37.

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		7	13	10	--30
Atlanta		15	7	4	--26

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 3, Atl - 0 of 4. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (26 shots, 25 saves; record: 1-0-0). Atlanta, Rhodes (30, 26; record: 0-1-0). A:18,545. Referee: Gregson. Linesmen: Orouke, Morin.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Atlanta
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Arnott Bombardir Brylin Gomez Holik K Daneyko Madden Mckay Nemchinov Niedermayer Odelein Oliwa Pandolfo Pederson Rafalski Rolston Stevens Sykora	0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	even +1 +1 even +2 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +2 +1 even even +1 +1 even even	6 1 3 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 2	Brunette Buchberger Buzek Dean E Ward Emerson Ferraro G Murphy Garpenlov Johnson Prochazka S Staios Shannon Stapleton Stefan Svartvadet Tamer Tremblay	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0	-2 even -1 -1 even -2 -2 -1 -1 even even -1 even -1 even even -1 -2	1 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1