
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 08:06 | BUF | PPG - Paul Gaustad Snap Shot - Assists: B. Campbell & M. Afinogenov |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:27 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Roy & T. Vanek |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:19 | NYI | Jason Blake Backhand - Assists: A. Asham & C. Campoli |
| 19:44 | BUF | EN - Jochen Hecht Backhand - Assists: J. Pominville & C. Drury |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:58 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Interference - 2 min |
| 08:23 | BUF | Adam Mair : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:33 | NYI | Mike Sillinger : Slashing - 2 min |
| 09:33 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:14 | NYI | Arron Asham : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:38 | NYI | Chris Simon : Hooking - 2 min |
| 05:02 | NYI | Rick DiPietro served by Arron Asham : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 07:16 | BUF | Adam Mair : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 18:42 | NYI | Bruno Gervais : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 11:17 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Tripping - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
13 | 6 | 11 | 30 |
BUF |
12 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (L) | 29 - 30 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 31 - 33 | 0.939 | 59:30 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 25 - 26 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 29 - 30 | 0.967 | 59:57 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 | 4:47 | 5:40 | 25:58 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 | 1:58 | 3:39 | 20:45 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9:02 | 0:50 | 5:21 | 15:13 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 18:53 | 4:02 | 2:34 | 25:29 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7:05 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 9:09 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:41 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 10:33 |
| 11 C. Simon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6:07 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 6:50 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:13 | 1:13 | 0:35 | 15:01 |
| 17 S. Bates | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:33 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 6:33 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 9:14 | 3:45 | 4:47 | 17:46 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 | 1:25 | 0:54 | 19:05 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 0:42 | 1:07 | 16:05 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 14:55 | 0:00 | 5:36 | 20:31 |
| 52 A. Rourke | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:02 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:38 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:53 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 15:38 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:35 | 1:24 | 0:14 | 16:13 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 | 4:36 | 0:45 | 21:26 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 16:34 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 18:49 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 | 5:15 | 0:48 | 19:08 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 | 3:26 | 1:55 | 20:28 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:43 | 1:02 | 2:56 | 18:41 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 8:30 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 10:58 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:11 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 9:43 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:02 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:56 | 4:46 | 2:33 | 16:15 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:19 | 4:21 | 0:00 | 19:40 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 | 4:04 | 2:57 | 22:17 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:06 | 4:36 | 2:51 | 17:33 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:25 | 0:49 | 1:59 | 16:13 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 | 0:05 | 2:57 | 19:59 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:36 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 17:12 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 | 5:22 | 0:07 | 18:38 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15:55 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 17:05 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 | 4:50 | 0:00 | 19:52 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:34 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Dan Marouelli, Dean Warren |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux |
| 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 |