1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Atlanta	0	1	0	1
St. Louis	2	2	1	5

First Period: Scoring: 1, St Louis, Demitra 2 (Bartecko), 7:01. 2, St Louis, Young 2 (Reasoner, Hecht), 7:56. Penalties: Simpson, Stl (roughing), 3:16; Karlsson, Atl (interference), 9:43; Tremblay, Atl (tripping), 15:08; Khavanov, Stl (tripping), 18:31; Pronger, Stl (tripping), 19:24.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Atlanta, Sylvester 1 (power play) (Ferraro, Tapper), 0:31. 4, St Louis, Reasoner 1 (Young), 1:17. 5, St Louis, Nagy 1 (Demitra), 9:51. Penalties: Guolla, Atl (tripping), 5:03; Bartecko, Stl (slashing), 10:11; Simpson, Stl (holding stick), 15:36; S Staios, Atl (high sticking), 17:33.
Third Period: Scoring: 6, St Louis, Demitra 3 (Reasoner, Chebaturkin), 5:07. Penalties: Conroy, Stl (cross checking), 10:18; S Staios, Atl (high sticking), 10:18; Sarault, Atl (roughing), 12:04; Skalde, Atl (cross checking), 14:54; Pronger, Stl (roughing), 14:54; Nagy, Stl (holding), 16:10.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Atlanta		6	12	7	--25
St Louis		14	10	13	--37

Goalies: Atlanta, Langkow (37 shots, 32 saves; record: 0-1-0). St Louis, Roloson (25, 24; record: 1-0-0). Referees: Murphy, Zelkin. Linesmen: Mach, Mcelman.