
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:32 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson Backhand - Assists: T. Arnason & A. Meszaros |
| 06:56 | OTT | Antoine Vermette Backhand - Assists: B. McGrattan & C. Kelly |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 09:54 | BUF | Danny Briere Snap Shot - Assists: J. Dumont & B. Campbell |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:56 | OTT | Patrick Eaves Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Spezza & W. Redden |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:15 | BUF | Michael Grier : Holding - 2 min |
| 15:09 | OTT | Vaclav Varada : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:55 | OTT | Antoine Vermette : Hooking - 2 min |
| 05:49 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Interference - 2 min |
| 07:51 | OTT | Chris Neil : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:59 | BUF | Paul Gaustad : Roughing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:38 | OTT | Filip Novak : Interference - 2 min |
| 12:10 | OTT | Dany Heatley : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 14:00 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:35 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 18:09 | OTT | Patrick Eaves : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 18:09 | BUF | Danny Briere : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
10 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
BUF |
10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (W) | 21 - 22 | 6 - 6 | 1 - 1 | 28 - 29 | 0.966 | 60:00 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 20 - 23 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 21 - 24 | 0.875 | 59:34 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 | 5:49 | 0:06 | 20:40 |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 | 0:08 | 5:56 | 24:16 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:21 | 1:56 | 3:52 | 15:09 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:25 | 4:45 | 3:48 | 23:58 |
| 39 T. Arnason | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:58 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 13:31 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 | 6:21 | 0:59 | 19:25 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:32 | 2:00 | 5:46 | 25:18 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12:27 | 6:09 | 0:34 | 19:10 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:42 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 6:50 |
| 46 F. Novak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:49 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 | 6:09 | 0:00 | 18:03 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7:08 | 0:13 | 4:02 | 11:23 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:41 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 12:42 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:30 | 0:08 | 5:31 | 13:09 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 8:40 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 12:55 |
| 26 V. Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11:06 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 11:32 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 | 2:39 | 3:39 | 16:57 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11:30 | 2:59 | 4:43 | 19:12 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | 1:10 | 4:34 | 20:36 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:05 | 4:51 | 1:50 | 17:46 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 | 0:00 | 5:12 | 19:54 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:57 | 4:54 | 0:00 | 14:51 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 9:22 | 0:00 | 3:37 | 12:59 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:49 | 4:38 | 0:00 | 13:27 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 | 5:01 | 3:59 | 19:19 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 8:49 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 8:54 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 11:19 | 0:05 | 3:25 | 14:49 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:35 | 5:01 | 0:26 | 19:02 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | 3:24 | 4:35 | 22:51 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7:24 | 0:05 | 0:38 | 8:07 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7:58 | 4:31 | 0:43 | 13:12 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:11 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 15:41 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11:40 | 4:38 | 4:24 | 20:42 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:22 | 5:29 | 0:00 | 18:51 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:27 | 4:48 | 0:26 | 15:41 |
| 74 J. McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 8:54 | 0:00 | 4:37 | 13:31 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick |
| Linesmen | Tony Sericolo, Mark Shewchyk |
| 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 |