
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 19:59 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov Slap Shot - Assists: none |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:11 | OTT | PPG - Peter Schaefer Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Neil & M. Fisher |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:22 | OTT | PPG - Dany Heatley Snap Shot - Assists: J. Spezza & D. Alfredsson |
| 14:50 | OTT | Antoine Vermette Backhand - Assists: P. Schaefer & A. Volchenkov |
| 17:17 | OTT | Chris Phillips Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Heatley |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:03 | BUF | Andrew Peters : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 03:03 | OTT | Brian McGrattan : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 05:40 | BUF | Jason Pominville : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:51 | BUF | Jiri Novotny : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:11 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:48 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Hooking - 2 min |
| 03:27 | BUF | Jiri Novotny : Tripping - 2 min |
| 05:18 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Interference - 2 min |
| 07:51 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:12 | OTT | Joe Corvo : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:11 | BUF | Jason Pominville : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 02:02 | OTT | Jason Spezza : Roughing - 2 min |
| 02:02 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Roughing - 2 min |
| 04:08 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 05:00 | OTT | Joe Corvo : Interference - 2 min |
| 05:35 | BUF | Nathan Paetsch : Roughing - 2 min |
| 05:35 | BUF | Adam Mair : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 11:09 | OTT | Jason Spezza : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:09 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 15:09 | BUF | Andrew Peters : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 15:09 | OTT | Chris Neil : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
11 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
OTT |
9 | 13 | 19 | 41 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 25 - 27 | 12 - 14 | 0 - 0 | 37 - 41 | 0.902 | 59:54 |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (W) | 19 - 20 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 23 - 24 | 0.958 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 43 M. Funk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:19 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 6:10 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 | 0:34 | 5:18 | 21:59 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 9:55 | 4:01 | 0:42 | 14:38 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11:03 | 0:00 | 2:30 | 13:33 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 11:56 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 11:58 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:32 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 7:33 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:14 | 5:43 | 3:44 | 19:41 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:03 | 3:31 | 1:40 | 17:14 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 | 3:48 | 6:35 | 24:12 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4:49 | 4:13 | 6:05 | 15:07 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7:26 | 5:27 | 3:04 | 15:57 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:49 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 14:54 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 12:47 | 0:00 | 4:46 | 17:33 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:05 | 6:31 | 0:32 | 18:08 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 | 6:12 | 6:00 | 25:52 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:27 | 6:27 | 4:43 | 19:37 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11:42 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 15:13 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:06 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16:32 | 0:14 | 4:21 | 21:07 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:35 | 1:44 | 1:27 | 12:46 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14:28 | 6:32 | 2:56 | 23:56 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11:50 | 7:25 | 1:13 | 20:28 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:29 | 4:46 | 3:43 | 20:58 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13:44 | 8:13 | 6:32 | 28:29 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:52 | 7:59 | 0:10 | 20:01 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:59 |
| 17 D. Hamel | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:12 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 4:15 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10:31 | 6:31 | 0:03 | 17:05 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:32 | 3:14 | 4:14 | 19:00 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 | 0:08 | 3:44 | 15:17 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 | 0:14 | 4:37 | 16:40 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10:40 | 4:42 | 0:00 | 15:22 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:55 | 1:41 | 3:55 | 15:31 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:45 | 0:00 | 2:08 | 6:53 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 13:28 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 | 1:11 | 0:42 | 12:53 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19770 |
| Referees | Eric Furlatt, Tom Kowal |
| Linesmen | Pierre Champoux, 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 |