
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:52 | MIN | PPG - Brian Rolston Slap Shot - Assists: P. Demitra & S. Hill |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:33 | MIN | Branko Radivojevic Snap Shot - Assists: P. Demitra |
| 04:20 | VAN | PPG - Sami Salo Slap Shot - Assists: D. Sedin & H. Sedin |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 17:22 | VAN | Markus Naslund : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:06 | VAN | Alexander Edler : Holding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:22 | MIN | Todd Fedoruk : Tripping - 2 min |
| 03:14 | VAN | Rick Rypien : Hooking - 2 min |
| 06:22 | VAN | Kevin Bieksa : Slashing - 2 min |
| 10:47 | MIN | Pavol Demitra : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:41 | VAN | Alexandre Burrows : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 19:13 | MIN | Todd Fedoruk : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:09 | MIN | Keith Carney : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 11:05 | VAN | Nathan McIver : Interference - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MIN |
11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
VAN |
9 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 28 - 28 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 30 - 31 | 0.968 | 60:00 |
VAN |
1 R. Luongo (L) | 10 - 11 | 8 - 9 | 1 - 1 | 19 - 21 | 0.905 | 58:56 |
| Skater Stats |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 K. Carney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:28 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 12:40 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 3:55 | 1:59 | 25:18 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 14:42 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 | 5:37 | 2:00 | 22:49 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 | 3:48 | 1:52 | 22:17 |
| 10 M. Gaborik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:33 | 4:39 | 0:32 | 22:44 |
| 11 C. Simon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:30 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 7:29 |
| 12 B. Rolston | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:20 | 4:35 | 2:07 | 18:02 |
| 15 J. Sheppard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 13:07 |
| 17 T. Fedoruk | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8:10 | 4:21 | 0:00 | 12:31 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 | 0:01 | 1:36 | 17:47 |
| 94 D. Boogaard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:46 |
| 38 P. Demitra | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12:34 | 6:02 | 0:00 | 18:36 |
| 28 M. Skoula | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 17:40 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 21:07 |
| 67 B. Pouliot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:25 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 9:47 |
| 92 B. Radivojevic | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:04 | 0:01 | 1:51 | 14:56 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 | 5:09 | 0:00 | 19:31 |
VAN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 K. Bieksa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:58 | 1:35 | 3:47 | 26:20 |
| 6 S. Salo | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 18:50 | 1:55 | 3:57 | 24:42 |
| 17 B. Morrison | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 | 1:36 | 0:33 | 14:18 |
| 33 W. Mitchell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:22 | 1:21 | 8:03 | 30:46 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 | 1:59 | 3:42 | 18:54 |
| 14 A. Burrows | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10:36 | 0:05 | 4:10 | 14:51 |
| 16 T. Linden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:31 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 7:04 |
| 17 R. Kesler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 | 1:20 | 4:42 | 17:43 |
| 43 M. Weaver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:51 | 0:10 | 1:01 | 8:02 |
| 19 M. Naslund | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 13:03 | 1:20 | 0:09 | 14:32 |
| 20 J. Cowan | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:19 |
| 22 D. Sedin | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 | 2:39 | 0:13 | 20:43 |
| 23 A. Edler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 18:16 | 1:45 | 1:07 | 21:08 |
| 13 M. Pettinger | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 | 0:00 | 4:14 | 14:32 |
| 22 R. Shannon | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 13:45 |
| 33 H. Sedin | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 | 2:39 | 0:13 | 20:52 |
| 11 R. Rypien | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:19 |
| 48 N. McIver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:36 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18630 |
| Referees | Dennis LaRue, Kelly Sutherland |
| Linesmen | Vaughan Rody, Thor Nelson |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | p - CHI | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 155 | 102 | 77 | |
| 2 | y - ANA | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 140 | 118 | 66 | |
| 3 | y - VAN | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 127 | 121 | 59 | |
| 4 | x - STL | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 129 | 115 | 60 | |
| 5 | x - LAK | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 133 | 118 | 59 | |
| 6 | x - SJS | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 124 | 116 | 57 | |
| 7 | x - DET | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 124 | 115 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - MIN | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 122 | 127 | 55 | |
| 9 | CBJ | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 120 | 119 | 55 | |
| 10 | PHX | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 125 | 131 | 51 | |
| 11 | DAL | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 130 | 142 | 48 | |
| 12 | EDM | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 125 | 134 | 45 | |
| 13 | CGY | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | NSH | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 111 | 139 | 41 | |
| 15 | COL | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 116 | 152 | 39 | |