
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:35 | MIN | Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2) Wrap-Around - Assists: M. Zidlicky (2) & S. Veilleux (1) |
| 07:44 | MIN | PPG - Benoit Pouliot (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Zidlicky (3) & E. Belanger (3) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 09:56 | MIN | Andrew Brunette (5) [GOALS_807] - Assists: A. Miettinen (6) & M. Koivu (13) |
| 12:18 | COL | Darcy Tucker (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Hensick (1) & J. Liles (5) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:55 | COL | Cody McLeod : Hooking - 2 min |
| 10:12 | COL | Ian Laperriere : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 10:12 | MIN | Craig Weller : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 11:23 | MIN | Kim Johnsson : Holding - 2 min |
| 14:42 | MIN | Marc-Andre Bergeron : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:49 | MIN | Antti Miettinen : Slashing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:49 | MIN | Andrew Brunette : Hooking - 2 min |
| 06:52 | COL | Ryan Smyth : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:47 | COL | Adam Foote : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:04 | MIN | Cal Clutterbuck : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:33 | MIN | Nick Schultz : Roughing - 2 min |
| 06:33 | COL | Darcy Tucker : Tripping - 2 min |
| 11:12 | MIN | Mikko Koivu : Tripping - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MIN |
9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
COL |
10 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 21 - 22 | 12 - 12 | 2 - 2 | 35 - 36 | 0.972 | 60:00 |
COL |
30 P. Budaj (L) | 11 - 13 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 17 - 20 | 0.850 | 58:06 |
| Skater Stats |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 E. Reitz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 13:17 |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 | 3:31 | 4:49 | 22:39 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:49 | 1:47 | 4:56 | 24:32 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:59 | 3:35 | 4:34 | 22:08 |
| C. Weller | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:21 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:28 | 3:23 | 0:00 | 15:51 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 | 0:00 | 6:18 | 20:09 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:50 | 3:06 | 4:23 | 21:19 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:48 |
| 94 D. Boogaard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:18 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:41 | 2:14 | 5:24 | 18:19 |
| 8 K. Kolanos | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:47 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 10:30 |
| 28 M. Skoula | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 0:14 | 4:59 | 24:37 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5:05 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 6:56 |
| 15 J. Sheppard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:48 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 16:09 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:59 | 0:00 | 7:01 | 24:00 |
| 67 B. Pouliot | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:45 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 11:11 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 15:56 |
COL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 24 J. Liles | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:55 | 7:47 | 0:47 | 23:29 |
| 5 B. Clark | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:31 | 7:24 | 2:58 | 24:53 |
| 17 W. Wolski | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 | 2:53 | 2:09 | 17:07 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:06 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 10:23 |
| 14 I. Laperriere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5:38 | 0:18 | 3:19 | 9:15 |
| 16 D. Tucker | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12:10 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 14:34 |
| 23 M. Hejduk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 12:40 | 7:41 | 1:05 | 21:26 |
| 24 R. Salei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:35 | 3:36 | 3:03 | 24:14 |
| 26 P. Stastny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 | 7:35 | 1:05 | 22:14 |
| 40 B. Guite | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5:50 | 0:18 | 1:34 | 7:42 |
| 77 T. Hensick | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 | 2:53 | 0:00 | 15:36 |
| 39 T. Arnason | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 | 1:14 | 0:00 | 11:15 |
| 10 M. Svatos | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:28 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 14:03 |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 | 4:37 | 1:34 | 19:33 |
| K. Cumiskey | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:55 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 8:10 |
| 52 A. Foote | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16:15 | 0:21 | 3:16 | 19:52 |
| 55 C. McLeod | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5:35 | 0:17 | 1:43 | 7:35 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 14:26 | 7:35 | 0:43 | 22:44 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 14562 |
| Referees | Steve Kozari, Rob Martell |
| Linesmen | Derek Amell, Jean Morin |
| 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 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| P. Parenteau | 48 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 43 |
| M. Duchene | 47 | 17 | 26 | -12 | 43 |
| P. Stastny | 40 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| J. McGinn | 47 | 11 | 11 | -13 | 22 |
| J. Mitchell | 47 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| R. O'Reilly | 29 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| G. Landeskog | 36 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| T. Barrie | 32 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| C. McLeod | 48 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Hejduk | 29 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| J. Giguere | 5 | 4 | 4 | .908 | 2.84 |
| S. Varlamov | 11 | 21 | 3 | .903 | 3.02 |