1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Nashville	1	3	1	5
Atlanta	2	0	1	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, Atlanta, Tremblay 1 (power play) (Sarault, Donovan), 6:13. 2, Nashville, Robitaille 1 (Namestnikov, Houlder), 9:34. 3, Atlanta, Skopintsev 1 (Tapper), 17:09. Penalties: Filipowicz, Nas (tripping), 2:42; Robitaille, Nas (hooking), 4:50; Hartnell, Nas (holding), 6:45; Hartnell, Nas (hooking), 10:17; Donovan, Atl (tripping), 13:38; Filipowicz, Nas (holding), 17:43.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, Nashville, Classen 1 (Walker, Yachmenev), 4:02. 5, Nashville, Valicevic 1 (Peltonen), 10:32. 6, Nashville, Tobler 1 (Filipowicz, Lintner), 17:28. Penalties: Guolla, Atl (tripping), 2:00; S Staios, Atl (cross checking), 6:19; Skalde, Atl (Obstr hooking), 12:01; Stevenson, Nas (fighting major), 18:14; Tamer, Atl (fighting major), 18:14; Skopintsev, Atl (interference), 19:27.
Third Period: Scoring: 7, Nashville, Valicevic 2 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 5:38. 8, Atlanta, Tapper 1 (power play) (Stefan, Brunette), 6:31. Penalties: Walker, Nas (slashing), 4:28; Peltonen, Nas (slashing), 6:15; Stefan, Atl (slashing), 10:08; Walker, Nas (roughing), 11:13; Harlock, Atl (roughing), 14:52; Guolla, Atl (high sticking), 17:09; Stefan, Atl (slashing), 18:30.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Nashville		8	22	7	--37
Atlanta		12	2	11	--25

Power-play Conversions: Nas - 0 of 9, Atl - 2 of 8. Goalies: Nashville, Dunham (13 shots, 11 saves), Finley (10:00 of 2nd period, 12, 11; record: 1-0-0). Atlanta, Rhodes (37, 32; record: 0-1-0). A: 6,320. Referees: Auger, Ohalloran. Linesmen: Miller, M Pare.