| FINAL SCORE | |
| Sharks | 5 |
| Devils | 4 |
| SHOTS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Sharks | 14 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 34 |
| Devils | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| GOALS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Sharks | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Devils | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| SHARKS | 02:17 | GRANATO 8 (LAMB, MILLER), |
| DEVILS | 04:38 | LIDSTROM 11 (ANDREYCHUK, ROBERTS), |
| DEVILS | 05:40 | FLEURY 7 (ROBERTS, LIDSTROM) (SH), |
| SHARKS | 16:20 | EVANS 4 (UNASSISTED) (PP), |
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| SHARKS | 14:02 | GRANATO 9 (LAMB) (PP), |
| SHARKS | 16:00 | DAHLQUIST 4 (EVANS, MULLEN) (PP), |
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| SHARKS | 11:04 | MULLEN 3 (GALLANT, MILLER), |
| DEVILS | 17:44 | FLEURY 8 (ANDREYCHUK, ROBERTS), |
| DEVILS | 19:40 | SEMAK 16 (KLEMM, PROBERT), |
| PENALTIES SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| K. PRIMEAU NJ (CHARGING, Minor) 05:34 | ||
| B. PROBERT NJ (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:41 | ||
| G. ROBERTS NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:29 | ||
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| A. CREIGHTON SJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:53 | ||
| G. ROBERTS NJ (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 05:38 | ||
| N. KYPREOS SJ (, ) 09:19 | ||
| T. DOMI NJ (, ) 09:19 | ||
| B. PROBERT NJ (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 12:21 | ||
| D. HOUDA SJ (FIGHTING) 17:51 | ||
| T. DOMI NJ (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 17:51 | ||
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| D. HOUDA SJ (, , Game Misconduct) 08:39 | ||
| C. CHELIOS NJ (, ) 08:39 |
| GOALIE STATISTICS | TMTeam | SAVES - SHOTS | SStatus W=Win L=Lose T=Tie |
TOTALWin-Lose-Tie |
| Chris Terreri | SJ | 19 saves out of 23 shots | W | 6-15-5 |
| Eldon Reddick | NJ | 3 saves out of 3 shots | ||
| Olaf Kolzig | NJ | 26 saves out of 31 shots | L | 11-10-4 |
| POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS | |
| Sharks | 3 for 5 |
| Devils | 0 for 1 |
| GAME STARS | ||
| 1 | Theoren Fleury | NJ |
| 2 | Tony Granato | SJ |
| 3 | Shawn Evans | SJ |
| PLAYER STATISTICS |
| Sharks | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Stu Grimson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Adam Creighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Brian Mullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Tony Granato | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Jamie Macoun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Doug Houda | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Mark Lamb | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Corey Millen | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Brad Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| Joe Mullen | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Marty McSorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Shawn Evans | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| Nick Kypreos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Chris Dahlquist | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Jason Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Dennis Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gerard Gallant | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Devils | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Gary Roberts | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Bobby Holik | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Theoren Fleury | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Bob Wilke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Claude Vilgrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Alexei Kasatonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Jon Klemm | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Shawn Cronin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Blair Atcheynum | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Chris Chelios | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Alexander Semak | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Keith Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Bob Probert | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Tie Domi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Craig Muni | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Doug Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| FINANCIAL | |
| Attendance | 13209 |
| Net Profit | $792,540.00 |
| GAME NOTES |
| Nick Kypreos beats up Tie Domi |
| Doug Houda and Tie Domi fight to a draw |
| Tie Domi ejected at 17:51 of the 2nd Period |
| Chris Chelios beats up Doug Houda |
| Doug Houda ejected at 08:39 of the 3rd Period |
| Eldon Reddick enters game at 11:04 of 3rd period |
| MINOR LEAGUE BOX SCORE |
| FINAL SCORE | |
| Sharks | 1 |
| Utica | 1 |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| unknown (Al Conroy, unknown) |
| Jim Dowd 15 (Sandy McCarthy, Ben Hankinson) |
| GOALIES |
| Sharks: Patrick Labrecque |
| Utica: Scott Gordon |