| New Jersey 1 3 1_5 |
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| First Period_1, Atlanta, Hainsey 3 (Schubert, Kubina), 7:15. 2, New Jersey, Niedermayer 5 (Pandolfo, Mottau), 12:55. 3, Atlanta, Antropov 7 (Kovalchuk, Valabik), 14:30. 4, Atlanta, Kubina 4 (Enstrom, T.White), 17:14. Penalties_Hainsey, Atl (hooking), 4:51. | |
| Second Period_5, New Jersey, Rolston 13 (C.White), 2:46. 6, New Jersey, McAmmond 2 (Parise, Greene), 6:12 (pp). 7, New Jersey, Pelley 1 (Zharkov), 10:04. Penalties_Schubert, Atl (slashing), 5:21 | Langenbrunner, NJ (slashing), 16:09. |
| Third Period_8, New Jersey, McAmmond 3 (Elias, Parise), 11:45. 9, Atlanta, Kozlov 8 (Enstrom, Antropov), 16:04 (pp). Penalties_Elias, NJ (high-sticking), 15:46. | |
| Shots on Goal_New Jersey 24-9-9_42. Atlanta 6-12-8_26. | |
| Power-play opportunities_New Jersey 1 of 2 | Atlanta 1 of 2. |
| Goalies_New Jersey, Brodeur (6 shots-3 saves), Danis 3-0-0 (0:00 second, 20-19). Atlanta, Pavelec 9-9-3 (42-37). | |
| A_14,616 (18,545). T_2:27. | |
| Referees_Greg Kimmerly, Brad Watson. Linesmen_Tim Nowak, Mark Shewchyk. |

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