
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:53 | OTT | SHG - Dany Heatley Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Phillips & D. McAmmond |
| 10:12 | OTT | Dany Heatley Wrist Shot - Assists: A. Meszaros & P. Eaves |
| 12:20 | OTT | PPG - Tom Preissing Tip-In - Assists: D. Heatley & M. Comrie |
| 16:30 | OTT | PPG - Dany Heatley Wrist Shot - Assists: W. Redden & D. Alfredsson |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:55 | BUF | Paul Gaustad Slap Shot - Assists: A. Kotalik & C. Drury |
| 06:36 | OTT | Peter Schaefer Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Neil & A. Meszaros |
| 13:15 | OTT | PPG - Wade Redden Slap Shot - Assists: T. Preissing & M. Comrie |
| 15:36 | BUF | PPG - Maxim Afinogenov Snap Shot - Assists: A. Kotalik & D. Roy |
| 19:08 | BUF | Jason Pominville Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Novotny |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 14:17 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Hooking - 2 min |
| 17:38 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Roughing - 2 min |
| 17:38 | OTT | Patrick Eaves : Elbowing - 2 min |
| 18:21 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:27 | OTT | Denis Hamel : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 03:52 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson : Hooking - 2 min |
| 07:19 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 07:19 | OTT | Mike Comrie : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:59 | OTT | Dany Heatley : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 11:14 | BUF | Derek Roy : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:13 | BUF | Derek Roy : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 12:18 | BUF | Jaroslav Spacek : Slashing - 2 min |
| 15:11 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros served by Chris Neil : Roughing - 2 min |
| 15:11 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 15:11 | BUF | Adam Mair : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 19:16 | OTT | Chris Neil : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 19:16 | BUF | Paul Gaustad : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 19:16 | OTT | Chris Neil : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
19 | 8 | 9 | 36 |
OTT |
7 | 17 | 12 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 23 - 25 | 5 - 8 | 2 - 3 | 30 - 36 | 0.833 | 59:56 |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (W) | 32 - 34 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 33 - 36 | 0.917 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 | 0:00 | 2:53 | 19:20 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:57 | 3:20 | 1:07 | 23:24 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 15:41 | 3:27 | 0:27 | 19:35 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10:24 | 0:29 | 1:46 | 12:39 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:36 | 3:02 | 0:00 | 13:38 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:09 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 13:12 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9:53 | 4:37 | 3:50 | 18:20 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 | 3:42 | 0:00 | 18:59 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 | 2:36 | 2:27 | 17:26 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10:11 | 2:14 | 1:03 | 13:28 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10:52 | 2:46 | 0:27 | 14:05 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 17:17 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 9:02 | 4:58 | 0:00 | 14:00 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 22:00 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 10:59 | 1:23 | 3:50 | 16:12 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:46 | 4:04 | 0:00 | 19:50 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:38 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 | 0:00 | 6:23 | 23:44 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:08 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:35 | 5:05 | 2:02 | 21:42 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 15:46 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 11:54 | 4:05 | 2:47 | 18:46 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15:10 | 0:57 | 2:21 | 18:28 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14:15 | 4:56 | 1:40 | 20:51 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:11 |
| 17 D. Hamel | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:06 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 | 0:00 | 4:38 | 19:27 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 6:04 | 23:33 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 13:30 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 13:48 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 | 1:19 | 1:55 | 18:00 |
| 62 J. Hennessy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:00 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 | 1:04 | 2:11 | 17:21 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:22 | 4:23 | 0:00 | 16:45 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13:05 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 13:35 |
| 19 M. Comrie | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:30 | 4:16 | 0:30 | 18:16 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19777 |
| Referees | Rob Martell, Justin StPierre |
| Linesmen | Pat Dapuzzo, Thor Nelson |
| 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 |