| Minnesota 1 0 3 0_4 | ||||||||
| Montreal 2 1 1 0_5 | ||||||||
| Montreal won shootout 1-0 | ||||||||
| First Period_1, Montreal, Subban 5 (Kaberle, Desharnais), 2:33 (pp). 2, Montreal, Eller 13 (Gomez, Campoli), 4:28 (pp). 3, Minnesota, Kassian 1 (Powe, Johnson), 15:27. Penalties_Veilleux, Min, major (fighting), :10 | White, Mon, major (fighting), :10 | Ortmeyer, Min, double minor (high-sticking), 1:36 | Falk, Min (holding), 2:23 | Heatley, Min (cross-checking), 7:49 | Plekanec, Mon (interference), 13:10 | Veilleux, Min, double minor (slashing), 15:43 | White, Mon, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 15:43 | Nokelainen, Mon (roughing), 19:38. |
| Second Period_4, Montreal, Pacioretty 26 (Desharnais, Subban), 11:59 (pp). Penalties_Staubitz, Mon (roughing), 1:15 | Clutterbuck, Min (tripping), 10:34 | W.Peters, Min (boarding), 12:34 | Kaberle, Mon (interference), 13:03. | |||||
| Third Period_5, Montreal, Desharnais 14 (Pacioretty, Kaberle), 8:50. 6, Minnesota, Kassian 2 (Johnson, Prosser), 16:07. 7, Minnesota, Heatley 20 (Brodziak, Setoguchi), 18:17. 8, Minnesota, Setoguchi 16 (Cullen, Johnson), 19:50. Penalties_Kassian, Min (roughing), 5:50 | Geoffrion, Mon (roughing), 5:50 | Setoguchi, Min (roughing), 6:52 | Weber, Mon (roughing), 6:52 | Ortmeyer, Min (holding), 9:27. | ||||
| Overtime_None. Penalties_None. | ||||||||
| Shootout_Minnesota 0 (Cullen NG, Heatley NG, Setoguchi NG), Montreal 1 (Pacioretty NG, Desharnais G, Bourque NG). | ||||||||
| Shots on Goal_Minnesota 7-7-15-1_30. Montreal 9-8-9-2_28. | ||||||||
| Power-play opportunities_Minnesota 0 of 5 | Montreal 3 of 7. | |||||||
| Goalies_Minnesota, Backstrom (6 shots-5 saves), Harding 9-9-4 (2:52 first, 22-19). Montreal, Price 23-24-9 (30-26). | ||||||||
| A_21,273 (21,273). T_2:57. | ||||||||
| Referees_Marc Joannette, Dave Jackson. Linesmen_Michel Cormier, Pierre Champoux. |