
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 16:48 | BUF | Derek Roy Backhand - Assists: J. Patrick & T. Pyatt |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:05 | BUF | J-P Dumont Slap Shot - Assists: J. Hecht & A. Zhitnik |
| 18:59 | OTT | Todd White Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Schaefer |
| 19:28 | OTT | Antoine Vermette Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Neil & S. Hnidy |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:12 | OTT | Wade Redden : Tripping - 2 min |
| 14:27 | OTT | Shane Hnidy : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:22 | OTT | Todd White : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:58 | OTT | Peter Smrek : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 08:58 | BUF | Eric Boulton : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 09:56 | BUF | James Patrick : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:18 | OTT | Zdeno Chara : Elbowing - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
OTT |
9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
BUF |
13 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
40 P. Lalime (L) | 31 - 33 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 36 - 38 | 0.947 | 65:00 |
BUF |
31 M. Noronen (W) | 29 - 31 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 31 - 33 | 0.939 | 64:59 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 Z. Chara | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 19:18 | 0:16 | 2:32 | 22:06 |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 22:59 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 19:34 | 1:44 | 3:38 | 24:56 |
| 7 C. Leschyshyn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 16:59 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 17:35 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 19:27 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 17:30 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 16:54 |
| 81 M. Hossa | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:28 | 1:03 | 2:01 | 17:32 |
| 27 P. Schastlivy | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:09 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 13:01 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 | 0:57 | 1:59 | 14:23 |
| 22 S. Van Allen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 | 0:00 | 3:19 | 13:22 |
| 28 K. Rachunek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:32 | 0:41 | 5:28 | 24:41 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:30 |
| 12 T. White | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:32 | 0:41 | 2:54 | 20:07 |
| 34 S. Hnidy | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:15 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 13:16 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 J. Patrick | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:14 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 21:08 |
| 8 R. Fitzpatrick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 | 1:51 | 1:13 | 17:04 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:17 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 16:32 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 15:13 | 3:04 | 0:00 | 18:17 |
| 16 C. Taylor | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8:23 | 0:00 | 0:15 | 8:38 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:47 | 4:26 | 0:26 | 19:39 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:54 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 9:57 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 15:53 |
| 36 E. Boulton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:11 |
| 37 C. Brown | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:44 | 2:19 | 1:06 | 16:09 |
| 77 A. Zhitnik | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 | 4:09 | 1:19 | 26:49 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:56 | 4:45 | 0:47 | 26:28 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 | 5:07 | 0:45 | 23:11 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:48 | 2:44 | 0:00 | 18:32 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:53 | 3:07 | 0:09 | 20:09 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 13:32 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 14:44 |
| 74 J. McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 | 0:03 | 0:41 | 19:01 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:22 | 3:58 | 1:19 | 21:39 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 15317 |
| Referees | Bill McCreary, Craig Spada |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Brad Kovachik |
| 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 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| E. Condra | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Greening | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Conacher | 7 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | .940 | 2.17 |