1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Florida	0	1	2	3
Columbus	1	1	2	4

First Period: Scoring: 1, Columbus, Vyborny 3 (Wright, Aubin), 3:49. Penalties: M Maneluk, Cob (tripping), 5:27; Novoseltsev, Fla (high sticking), 19:29.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Columbus, Quint 2 (power play) (M Maneluk, Aubin), 16:41. 3, Florida, R Svehla 1 (Mellanby, Shvidki), 17:42. Penalties: M Maneluk, Cob (holding stick), 7:20; Whitney, Fla (slashing), 15:01; Pushor, Cob (roughing), 19:38.
Third Period: Scoring: 4, Florida, Boyle 1 (power play) (Whitney, Mellanby), 5:39. 5, Columbus, Andersson-junkka 1 (Heinze, Odelein), 10:50. 6, Florida, Whitney 3 (Kozlov, Jokinen), 16:27. 7, Columbus, Kron 1 (Sanderson, Caloun), 18:17. Penalties: Ward, Fla (fighting major), 12:14; Pushor, Cob (fighting major), 12:14; Quint, Cob (tripping), 12:14; Jokinen, Fla (tripping), 14:09.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Florida		9	8	14	--31
Columbus		12	15	12	--39

Power-play Conversions: Fla - 1 of 5, Cob - 1 of 4. Goalies: Florida, Kidd (39 shots, 35 saves; record: 0-1-0). Columbus, Tugnutt (31, 28; record: 1-0-0). A: 5,985. Referees: P Devorski, Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: G Devorski, Murray.