| Dallas 2 0 3_5 | |||||
| Washington 1 1 0_2 | |||||
| First Period_1, Dallas, Ryder 5 (Daley, Ja.Benn), 10:32. 2, Washington, Semin 3 (Backstrom, Laich), 15:43 (pp). 3, Dallas, Ryder 6 (Ja.Benn, Eriksson), 17:16. Penalties_Semin, Was (tripping), 5:08 | Morrow, Dal (hooking), 15:02 | Daley, Dal (roughing), 20:00 | Chimera, Was (roughing), 20:00. | ||
| Second Period_4, Washington, Carlson 2 (Eakin, Johansson), 15:56. Penalties_Erskine, Was (boarding), 4:22 | Ryder, Dal (tripping), 4:41 | Wideman, Was (delay of game), 18:24. | |||
| Third Period_5, Dallas, Burish 3 (Morrow), :24. 6, Dallas, Ja.Benn 5 (Burish, Souray), 7:33 (pp). 7, Dallas, Nystrom 4 (Dvorak), 8:05. Penalties_Semin, Was (tripping), 6:02 | Dowell, Dal, major (fighting), 9:02 | Hendricks, Was, major (fighting), 9:02 | Burish, Dal (holding), 9:30 | Souray, Dal (interference), 16:35 | Hamrlik, Was (tripping), 18:23. |
| Shots on Goal_Dallas 13-13-10_36. Washington 10-15-7_32. | |||||
| Power-play opportunities_Dallas 1 of 5 | Washington 1 of 4. | ||||
| Goalies_Dallas, Lehtonen 11-1-0 (32 shots-30 saves). Washington, Neuvirth 2-2-0 (36-31). | |||||
| A_18,506 (18,398). T_2:29. | |||||
| Referees_Dave Jackson, Jean Hebert. Linesmen_Steve Barton, Mark Shewchyk. |
