Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Joe Nieuwendyk 1 (power play)
(Scott Niedermayer, Oleg Tverdovsky), 9:13. 2, New Jersey, Patrik
Elias 3 (Jeff Friesen, Scott Gomez), 15:44.
Penalties: C White, Njd
(high sticking), 6:08; C Sarich, Tam (obstr hooking), 8:45; B Gionta,
Njd (holding), 12:18.
Second Period
Scoring: 3, New Jersey, Steve Guolla 1 (Jamie
Langenbrunner, John Madden), 5:34. 4, New Jersey, John Madden 3 (Jamie
Langenbrunner, Ken Daneyko), 19:05.
Penalties: M Danton, Njd
(tripping), 11:42.
Third Period
Scoring: 5, Tampa Bay, Chris Dingman 2 (Tim Taylor),
11:29. 6, New Jersey, John Madden 4 (Scott Stevens), 13:16.
Penalties: C Dingman, Tam (hooking), 3:52; S Brylin, Njd (tripping),
15:52.
Power-play Conversions: TAM - 0 of 4, NJD - 1 of 2.
Goalies : Tampa
Bay, Kevin Hodson (30 shots, 25 saves; record: 0-1-0). New Jersey,
Martin Brodeur (21 shots, 20 saves; record: 6-1-0).
A: 13,080.
Referees: Mark Faucette, Paul Stewart.
Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Mark
Pare.