1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
NY Rangers	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	3	0	0	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Sharifijanov 3 (Gomez, Niedermayer), 2:29. 2, New Jersey, Mckay 6 (Lemieux, K Daneyko), 7:25. 3, New Jersey, Sykora 6 (Elias, Niedermayer), 16:55. 4, NY Rangers, Johnsson 3 (Kamensky, Nedved), 17:57. Penalties: J Maclean, Nyr (Obstr hooking), 2:53; Oliwa, N.J. (Fighting major), 5:42; Langdon, Nyr (fighting major), 5:42; New Jersey bench, served by Gomez (too many men on the ice), 13:16.
Second Period: Scoring: 5, NY Rangers, Johnsson 4 (Graves, Nedved), 2:00. Penalties: Mckay, N.J. (Goalie interference), 2:28; Quintal, Nyr (high sticking), 16:27; Odelein, N.J. (Roughing), 18:32.
Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: NY Rangers bench, served by Langdon (too many men on the ice), 19:17.

SHOTS ON GOAL

NY Rangers		5	3	5	--13
New Jersey		13	12	9	--34

Power-play Conversions: Nyr - 0 of 3, Njd - 0 of 3. Goalies: NY Rangers, Richter (34 shots, 31 saves; record: 3-11-3). New Jersey, M Brodeur (13, 11; record: 12-5-3). A:18,419. Referee: Koharski. Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Nowak.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New York					New Jersey
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Daigle Fleury Graves Harvey Hatcher J Maclean Johnsson Kamensky Knuble Langdon Lefebvre Nedved Pilon Quintal Schneider Stevens Taylor York	0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0	even even -1 even -1 even +1 even -1 even -1 even -1 +1 -1 even even -1	0 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0	Arnott Brylin Elias Gomez K Daneyko Lemieux Mckay Morrison Nemchinov Niedermayer Odelein Oliwa Pandolfo Rafalski Sharifijanov Souray Stevens Sykora	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1	0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	even even +1 even +1 even even +1 even +1 even even even even even even even +1	4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 5