
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 08:49 | BUF | Miroslav Satan Slap Shot - Assists: D. Kalinin & M. Afinogenov |
| 14:40 | MIN | Jason Wiemer Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Bouchard & R. Park |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:05 | BUF | Chris Drury Backhand - Assists: M. Satan & C. Brown |
| 15:00 | MIN | Antti Laaksonen Wrist Shot - Assists: W. Walz & A. Henry |
| 19:36 | MIN | Jim Dowd Slap Shot - Assists: S. Zholtok & A. Brunette |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:55 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Hooking - Obstruction - 2 min |
| 06:13 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Interference - 2 min |
| 11:23 | BUF | Chris Taylor : Holding - 2 min |
| 11:53 | MIN | Andrei Zyuzin : Elbowing - 2 min |
| 18:27 | MIN | Richard Park : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:59 | MIN | Matt Johnson : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 02:59 | BUF | Andrew Peters : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 12:11 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 12:52 | BUF | Rory Fitzpatrick : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:07 | MIN | Jim Dowd : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
MIN |
5 | 11 | 8 | 24 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
31 M. Noronen (L) | 12 - 15 | 7 - 7 | 2 - 2 | 21 - 24 | 0.875 | 60:00 |
MIN |
35 M. Fernandez (W) | 14 - 16 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 15 - 17 | 0.882 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 J. Patrick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 | 0:01 | 2:27 | 18:45 |
| 8 R. Fitzpatrick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:48 | 1:57 | 0:41 | 17:26 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 | 0:06 | 0:10 | 17:08 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 17:31 | 0:06 | 3:45 | 21:22 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:23 | 0:06 | 0:01 | 16:30 |
| 16 C. Taylor | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:31 | 0:07 | 1:21 | 4:59 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 | 1:30 | 0:15 | 15:04 |
| C. Drury | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 | 2:47 | 1:25 | 16:14 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 16:25 |
| 37 C. Brown | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 2:47 | 4:12 | 20:17 |
| 77 A. Zhitnik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 17:06 | 2:32 | 4:34 | 24:12 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 | 1:53 | 2:24 | 21:09 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 | 1:37 | 0:00 | 17:23 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 2:31 | 0:18 | 16:28 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 | 1:34 | 1:32 | 19:30 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:23 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:32 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:23 | 2:56 | 2:31 | 19:50 |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 B. Brown | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:01 |
| 5 B. Bombardir | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 | 0:24 | 2:56 | 23:32 |
| 12 A. Daigle | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:11 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 11:11 |
| 10 M. Gaborik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:38 | 3:52 | 1:44 | 19:14 |
| 9 P. Dupuis | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:45 | 2:56 | 0:00 | 13:41 |
| 12 M. Johnson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:14 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 | 3:20 | 0:00 | 16:12 |
| 17 F. Kuba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 | 3:18 | 1:04 | 23:21 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12:16 | 2:39 | 0:34 | 15:29 |
| 27 A. Zyuzin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14:24 | 2:11 | 1:10 | 17:45 |
| 24 A. Laaksonen | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 | 0:00 | 2:30 | 13:30 |
| 16 J. Wiemer | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 | 2:27 | 0:01 | 16:25 |
| 9 S. Zholtok | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:05 | 5:23 | 0:00 | 17:28 |
| 34 J. Dowd | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10:07 | 1:26 | 1:10 | 12:43 |
| 24 A. Henry | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 17:10 |
| 37 W. Walz | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 | 0:55 | 2:30 | 15:22 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 | 0:30 | 3:02 | 23:37 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 17:24 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18568 |
| Referees | Terry Gregson, Brad Meier |
| Linesmen | Steve Miller, Jonny Murray |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | z - PIT | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 119 | 72 | |
| 2 | y - MTL | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 149 | 126 | 63 | |
| 3 | y - WSH | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 149 | 130 | 57 | |
| 4 | x - BOS | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 109 | 62 | |
| 5 | x - TOR | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 145 | 133 | 57 | |
| 6 | x - NYR | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 130 | 112 | 56 | |
| 7 | x - OTT | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 116 | 104 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - NYI | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 139 | 139 | 55 | |
| 9 | WPG | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 128 | 144 | 51 | |
| 10 | PHI | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 49 | |
| 11 | NJD | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 112 | 129 | 48 | |
| 12 | BUF | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 125 | 143 | 48 | |
| 13 | CAR | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | TBL | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 148 | 150 | 40 | |
| 15 | FLA | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 112 | 171 | 36 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| D. Alfredsson | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| E. Condra | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| S. Gonchar | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 7 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| C. Conacher | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Silfverberg | 7 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 4 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.52 |