
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:15 | BUF | Adam Mair Tip-In - Assists: H. Tallinder & R. Fitzpatrick |
| 19:16 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Schaefer & M. Fisher |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:18 | OTT | PPG - Wade Redden Slap Shot - Assists: J. Spezza & M. Hossa |
| 16:14 | OTT | Bryan Smolinski Wrist Shot - Assists: W. Redden |
| 16:46 | OTT | Zdeno Chara Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Smolinski & D. Alfredsson |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:40 | OTT | Peter Bondra Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Smolinski & Z. Chara |
| 07:41 | OTT | Marian Hossa Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Fisher & P. Bondra |
| 16:08 | OTT | Chris Neil Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Spezza |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:09 | OTT | Peter Smrek : Hooking - Obstruction - 2 min |
| 10:51 | OTT | Shaun Van Allen : Hooking - Obstruction - 2 min |
| 19:42 | OTT | Shaun Van Allen : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:49 | BUF | Taylor Pyatt : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 04:51 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 08:44 | BUF | Taylor Pyatt : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 08:44 | BUF | Taylor Pyatt : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 19:21 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:21 | OTT | Peter Schaefer : Roughing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:44 | BUF | Alexei Zhitnik : Hooking - Obstruction - 2 min |
| 03:35 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Interference - 2 min |
| 09:16 | BUF | Andrew Peters : Charging - 2 min |
| 16:35 | OTT | Robert Ray : Roughing - 2 min |
| 18:42 | BUF | Andrew Peters : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 18:42 | OTT | Robert Ray : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
OTT |
7 | 16 | 10 | 33 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
31 M. Noronen (L) | 16 - 22 | 8 - 9 | 2 - 2 | 26 - 33 | 0.788 | 59:54 |
OTT |
40 P. Lalime (W) | 13 - 14 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 14 - 15 | 0.933 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 51 A. Delmore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 | 3:14 | 0:43 | 19:18 |
| 8 R. Fitzpatrick | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:59 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:41 | 3:24 | 2:19 | 16:24 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 | 0:20 | 5:44 | 20:11 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 | 5:49 | 1:51 | 18:11 |
| 14 N. Milley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:35 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 11:11 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:55 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 11:44 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8:44 | 5:54 | 3:28 | 18:06 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 6 | 1 | 11:00 | 2:51 | 2:37 | 16:28 |
| 37 C. Brown | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:36 | 0:20 | 4:17 | 11:13 |
| 77 A. Zhitnik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 14:50 | 4:46 | 4:07 | 23:43 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 14:46 | 6:06 | 5:05 | 25:57 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 | 6:12 | 1:46 | 20:15 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 | 0:47 | 5:34 | 23:13 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 12:08 | 1:33 | 3:29 | 17:10 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 10:01 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 12:13 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4:07 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 4:27 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:19 | 4:47 | 0:38 | 14:44 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 | 2:59 | 1:29 | 17:28 |
| 33 Z. Chara | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 | 4:29 | 5:35 | 25:14 |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14:54 | 0:25 | 2:15 | 17:34 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 | 5:46 | 5:59 | 24:46 |
| 7 C. Leschyshyn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 | 0:37 | 1:47 | 13:55 |
| 12 P. Bondra | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12:26 | 4:45 | 1:33 | 18:44 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14:11 | 6:33 | 0:00 | 20:44 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11:46 | 3:27 | 3:31 | 18:44 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10:22 | 0:05 | 4:16 | 14:43 |
| 81 M. Hossa | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9:56 | 5:28 | 1:08 | 16:32 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:51 | 4:20 | 4:11 | 18:22 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9:37 | 3:25 | 2:21 | 15:23 |
| 22 S. Van Allen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8:33 | 0:41 | 2:56 | 12:10 |
| 28 K. Rachunek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:16 | 0:24 | 2:56 | 14:36 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7:49 | 1:00 | 0:01 | 8:50 |
| 32 R. Ray | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4:16 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 4:57 |
| 15 J. Langfeld | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 7:28 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 8:09 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:39 | 6:26 | 0:04 | 17:09 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18500 |
| Referees | Don Koharski, Chris Rooney |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Steve Miller |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| E. Karlsson | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Turris | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Condra | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 9 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Michalek | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Zibanejad | 9 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 3 | 0 | .928 | 2.66 |