
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:13 | NJD | Zach Parise Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Zajac & J. Langenbrunner |
| 13:51 | OTT | Patrick Eaves Snap Shot - Assists: C. Schubert & D. McAmmond |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:42 | NJD | Brian Gionta Tip-In - Assists: D. Hale & S. Gomez |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 16:27 | NJD | Brian Gionta Tip-In - Assists: S. Gomez & P. Elias |
| 18:18 | OTT | Tom Preissing Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Kelly & W. Redden |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 15:11 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Throwing stick - 2 min |
| 19:11 | NJD | Travis Zajac : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:29 | NJD | Mike Rupp : Tripping - 2 min |
| 15:24 | OTT | Mike Comrie : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:16 | NJD | Scott Gomez : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:53 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Interference - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NJD |
10 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
OTT |
11 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (W) | 25 - 27 | 7 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 33 - 35 | 0.943 | 60:00 |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (L) | 22 - 25 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 26 - 29 | 0.897 | 58:53 |
| Skater Stats |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 36 D. Hale | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:43 |
| 45 M. Fraser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:07 |
| 7 P. Martin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 24:30 | 1:17 | 5:18 | 31:05 |
| 32 A. Brooks | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:50 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:29 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 15:08 |
| 10 E. Rasmussen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:08 |
| 10 J. Madden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 | 1:26 | 4:16 | 23:17 |
| 34 J. Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:55 | 0:03 | 1:44 | 7:42 |
| 21 B. Gionta | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:17 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 16:42 |
| 15 J. Langenbrunner | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 17:58 |
| 27 M. Rupp | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:06 |
| 18 S. Brylin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 | 1:32 | 1:44 | 18:46 |
| 19 T. Zajac | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 13:50 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 15:06 |
| 29 J. Pandolfo | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 | 1:38 | 4:16 | 23:42 |
| 47 B. Lukowich | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 23:21 | 1:42 | 4:30 | 29:33 |
| 23 S. Gomez | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12:09 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 14:16 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 15:52 |
| 28 B. Rafalski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24:15 | 4:26 | 2:12 | 30:53 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15:28 | 0:15 | 1:29 | 17:12 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:54 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 13:31 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:10 | 4:43 | 2:58 | 25:51 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 | 0:58 | 0:03 | 16:10 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:01 | 4:41 | 2:30 | 27:12 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 18:17 | 1:02 | 0:51 | 20:10 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:52 | 4:41 | 2:34 | 26:07 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:36 |
| 17 D. Hamel | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:33 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 17:17 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | 0:15 | 3:04 | 19:47 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:29 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 13:48 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 | 1:19 | 1:08 | 16:01 |
| 62 J. Hennessy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:45 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:36 | 1:34 | 1:16 | 17:26 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 | 4:47 | 1:10 | 20:11 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 12:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:45 |
| 19 M. Comrie | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:13 | 4:26 | 0:45 | 21:24 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19548 |
| Referees | Paul Devorski, Dan O'Rourke |
| Linesmen | Mark Pare, 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 |