1.   Hextall also stopped Luc Robitaille on a glorious chance midway through the first period.

2.   Steve Heinze, dropped to the fourth line, had back-to-back solid scoring chances midway through the second.

3.   Stumpel gave the Kings a solid scoring chance midway through the third on a blast from inside the blue line.

4.   The Kings wasted a power-play chance midway through the period, and the Avalanche all but wrapped up the game a few minutes later.

5.   Finland finally got a chance midway through the second half when Leighton saved an attempted chip from Ajax star Jari Litmanen.

6.   His first shot was a weak dribbler and he dumped off to a teammate on another scoring chance midway through the first.

7.   Both sides were as unenterprising as each other till France had chances midway through the second half.