
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:33 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Gaustad & J. Hecht |
| 19:06 | BUF | PPG - Brian Campbell Snap Shot - Assists: D. Briere & C. Drury |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:37 | OTT | Dean McAmmond Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Hamel |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:59 | BUF | Chris Drury Slap Shot - Assists: none |
| 15:22 | OTT | Jason Spezza Tip-In - Assists: D. Heatley & D. Alfredsson |
| 16:36 | BUF | Jason Pominville Backhand - Assists: D. Briere & D. Kalinin |
| 16:46 | OTT | Jason Spezza Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Alfredsson & D. Heatley |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:00 | BUF | Jiri Novotny : Interference - 2 min |
| 03:39 | OTT | Chris Neil : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 06:09 | OTT | Patrick Eaves : Interference - 2 min |
| 10:09 | OTT | Christoph Schubert : Holding - 2 min |
| 12:42 | BUF | Jaroslav Spacek : Holding - 2 min |
| 18:16 | OTT | Patrick Eaves : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:20 | BUF | Derek Roy : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:11 | BUF | Brian Campbell : Tripping - 2 min |
| 13:27 | OTT | Christoph Schubert : Holding - 2 min |
| 16:27 | BUF | Teppo Numminen : Hooking - 2 min |
| 19:41 | OTT | Dany Heatley : Roughing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:54 | BUF | Danny Briere : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 06:28 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Holding - 2 min |
| 09:15 | OTT | Anton Volchenkov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:51 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
10 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
OTT |
5 | 18 | 14 | 37 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
43 M. Biron (W) | 21 - 24 | 11 - 11 | 2 - 2 | 34 - 37 | 0.919 | 59:54 |
OTT |
29 M. Gerber (L) | 11 - 14 | 6 - 7 | 3 - 3 | 20 - 24 | 0.833 | 58:47 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 | 0:29 | 6:47 | 20:16 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 10:26 | 7:31 | 2:41 | 20:38 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 8:46 | 4:30 | 5:25 | 18:41 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13:42 | 0:03 | 5:18 | 19:03 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:43 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 8:33 | 0:00 | 4:14 | 12:47 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:07 |
| C. Drury | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6:40 | 7:02 | 4:11 | 17:53 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 7:37 | 5:00 | 1:15 | 13:52 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9:43 | 4:07 | 7:15 | 21:05 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:40 | 0:19 | 2:19 | 12:18 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7:55 | 4:29 | 6:55 | 19:19 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:45 | 0:00 | 8:26 | 18:11 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10:19 | 7:33 | 0:36 | 18:28 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 9:30 | 7:27 | 0:00 | 16:57 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8:10 | 6:44 | 5:32 | 20:26 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7:42 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 12:43 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:30 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 6:13 | 20:10 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5:24 | 3:21 | 0:00 | 8:45 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:36 | 11:24 | 5:18 | 28:18 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9:16 | 9:15 | 2:43 | 21:14 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:31 | 5:59 | 3:41 | 20:11 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 | 8:15 | 6:39 | 26:05 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9:06 | 8:40 | 0:01 | 17:47 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:38 |
| 17 D. Hamel | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:48 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:37 | 9:14 | 0:44 | 18:35 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:01 | 0:00 | 5:41 | 13:42 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 5:38 | 10:53 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:31 | 0:00 | 5:10 | 14:41 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8:21 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 9:59 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 9:54 | 5:15 | 3:38 | 18:47 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:14 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 10:14 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:27 | 7:26 | 0:46 | 21:39 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 3 | 8:59 | 5:37 | 0:00 | 14:36 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19202 |
| Referees | Marc Joannette, Chris Lee |
| Linesmen | Michel Cormier, Greg Devorski |
| 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 |