| Minnesota 0 0 1_1 | |||
| Dallas 2 1 1_4 | |||
| First Period_1, Dallas, Wandell 5 (Burish, Daley), 8:48. 2, Dallas, Eriksson 20 (Ryder, Ribeiro), 17:40. Penalties_Goligoski, Dal (interference), 15:17. | |||
| Second Period_3, Dallas, Nystrom 16 (Dvorak, Fiddler), 3:53. Penalties_Daley, Dal (hooking), 8:11 | N.Schultz, Min (interference), 11:38 | Heatley, Min (high-sticking), 15:02 | Ribeiro, Dal (interference), 16:21. |
| Third Period_4, Minnesota, Setoguchi 15 (Heatley, Spurgeon), 12:43 (pp). 5, Dallas, Wandell 6 (Ott, Robidas), 19:07 (en). Penalties_Ott, Dal (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:49 | Dallas bench, served by Ryder (abuse of officials), 12:09 | Souray, Dal (cross-checking), 13:53. | |
| Shots on Goal_Minnesota 8-10-11_29. Dallas 12-7-6_25. | |||
| Power-play opportunities_Minnesota 1 of 6 | Dallas 0 of 2. | ||
| Goalies_Minnesota, Backstrom 16-16-6 (14 shots-11 saves), Hackett (3:53 second, 10-10). Dallas, Lehtonen 23-15-3 (29-28). | |||
| A_13,144 (18,532). T_2:29. | |||
| Referees_Dennis LaRue, Brian Pochmara. Linesmen_Darren Gibbs, Don Henderson. |