
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 19:59 | OTT | Chris Neil Tip-In - Assists: B. Smolinski & B. Pothier |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:59 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson Snap Shot - Assists: W. Redden |
| 01:15 | OTT | Dany Heatley Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Alfredsson |
| 05:15 | OTT | PPG - Mike Fisher Wrist Shot - Assists: Z. Chara & B. Smolinski |
| 16:55 | OTT | SHG - Dany Heatley Wrist Shot - Assists: Z. Chara & M. Fisher |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:30 | OTT | Brian Pothier Tip-In - Assists: D. Alfredsson & D. Heatley |
| 14:21 | BUF | Derek Roy Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Kalinin & T. Numminen |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 11:31 | OTT | Zdeno Chara : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:15 | OTT | Zdeno Chara : Holding - 2 min |
| 17:59 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:28 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Holding - 2 min |
| 05:43 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Tripping - 2 min |
| 08:06 | OTT | Chris Neil : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:32 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:04 | OTT | Peter Schaefer : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:25 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Hooking - 2 min |
| 07:37 | OTT | Brian McGrattan : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
7 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
OTT |
11 | 15 | 11 | 37 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
43 M. Biron (L) | 22 - 26 | 8 - 9 | 1 - 2 | 31 - 37 | 0.838 | 60:00 |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (W) | 13 - 14 | 8 - 8 | 3 - 3 | 24 - 25 | 0.960 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 17:18 | 0:02 | 1:59 | 19:19 |
| 8 R. Fitzpatrick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 | 0:46 | 4:09 | 19:13 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:22 | 0:02 | 2:20 | 12:44 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 15:11 | 0:02 | 4:26 | 19:39 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 11:35 | 1:41 | 0:12 | 13:28 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 13:11 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | 4:52 | 2:52 | 18:20 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:20 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 8:22 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 | 5:08 | 1:59 | 17:25 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 | 0:42 | 0:31 | 12:10 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 1:12 | 2:53 | 15:15 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 12:22 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 15:33 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 | 1:56 | 2:54 | 16:36 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8:19 | 1:37 | 3:22 | 13:18 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:13 | 5:42 | 2:29 | 19:24 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:24 | 6:07 | 0:00 | 18:31 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 | 2:42 | 0:18 | 20:02 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10:42 | 4:01 | 2:29 | 17:12 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14:41 | 2:13 | 0:02 | 16:56 |
| 33 Z. Chara | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18:55 | 4:51 | 2:35 | 26:21 |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 | 0:00 | 5:48 | 23:16 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:09 | 4:42 | 5:04 | 23:55 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 | 3:51 | 1:47 | 19:01 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12:32 | 4:23 | 1:11 | 18:06 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9:18 | 3:06 | 4:01 | 16:25 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7:49 | 0:18 | 0:47 | 8:54 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 | 4:53 | 1:21 | 19:48 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7:02 | 0:14 | 0:01 | 7:17 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 4:47 | 0:02 | 19:36 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:03 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 12:25 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9:58 | 3:12 | 1:22 | 14:32 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 6:26 | 0:14 | 4:12 | 10:52 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 | 0:17 | 2:38 | 16:46 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10:15 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 14:01 |
| 26 V. Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:05 | 0:14 | 0:05 | 7:24 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 14:25 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19414 |
| Referees | Bill McCreary, Kevin Pollock |
| Linesmen | Pierre Champoux, Pat Dapuzzo |
| 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 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| K. Turris | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| E. Karlsson | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| E. Condra | 10 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 10 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| M. Michalek | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Methot | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Greening | 10 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 10 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 3.01 |