GAME SUMMARY
                                       

Washington    0  0  1  -  1
New Jersey    2  4  0  -  6

First Period
Scoring:
  1, New Jersey, Forsberg 9 (Wesley, Kovalev), 6:19;
  2, New Jersey, Richer 8 (pp) (Drake, Smolinski), 19:21. 
Penalties: Wesley, NJD, 6:30; U.Samuelsson, NJD, 7:36; Donato, WAS, 17:26.

Second Period
Scoring:
  3, New Jersey, Forsberg 10 (Kovalev, Kamensky), 2:16;
  4, New Jersey, Haller 2 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 5:26;
  5, New Jersey, Richer 9 (Duchesne, Smolinski), 8:20;
  6, New Jersey, Cross 2 (Kovalev, Forsberg), 10:06. 
Penalties: Richer, NJD, 12:17; Duchesne, NJD, 17:02.

Third Period
Scoring:
  7, Washington, Foote 2, :28. 
Penalties: Forsberg, NJD, 9:31; Langdon, NJD (major), 12:04; Dawe, WAS, 12:04;
Donato, WAS, 16:17; G.Murray, WAS, 18:54.

Shots on goal
Washington    8  7 10  -  25
New Jersey    7  7 15  -  29

Power play conversions: WAS - 0 of 6, NJD - 1 of 3. 
Goalies: Washington, Vanbiesbrock (28 shots, 22 saves; 11-6-0). New Jersey,
Belfour (25, 24; 11-5-0). 

Faceoffs:     WAS 30, NJD 29.
Corners Won:  WAS 31, NJD 17.
Hits Thrown:  WAS 27, NJD 22.