
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:42 | NYI | Trent Hunter Backhand - Assists: none |
| 15:01 | BUF | Jochen Hecht Backhand - Assists: D. Briere & M. Afinogenov |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:03 | NYI | Arron Asham Snap Shot - Assists: R. Park & T. Poti |
| 05:00 | BUF | PPG - Jochen Hecht Backhand - Assists: N. Paetsch & T. Lydman |
| 12:25 | BUF | Ales Kotalik Tip-In - Assists: D. Paille & C. Drury |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:53 | NYI | Arron Asham Slap Shot - Assists: A. Rourke & S. Bates |
| 16:51 | NYI | Randy Robitaille Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 19:06 | NYI | Andy Hilbert Tip-In - Assists: T. Hunter & M. Sillinger |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:24 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:34 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:10 | NYI | Miroslav Satan : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 14:23 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Slashing - 2 min |
| 16:50 | NYI | Shawn Bates : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:23 | BUF | Teppo Numminen : Hooking - 2 min |
| 07:22 | BUF | Jaroslav Spacek : Holding - 2 min |
| 07:57 | NYI | Mike Sillinger : Hooking - 2 min |
| 10:28 | NYI | Sean Hill : Slashing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
11 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
NYI |
10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 18 - 23 | 6 - 6 | 2 - 2 | 26 - 31 | 0.839 | 59:11 |
NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (W) | 23 - 25 | 4 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 30 | 0.900 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 18:24 | 2:59 | 2:45 | 24:08 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 13:18 | 0:08 | 3:01 | 16:27 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 | 1:23 | 3:20 | 17:16 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 13:14 |
| 20 D. Paille | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 | 0:00 | 2:37 | 14:18 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 8:00 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 8:06 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 11:37 | 4:01 | 3:07 | 18:45 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 11:20 | 0:39 | 0:04 | 12:03 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:18 | 2:25 | 4:10 | 19:53 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8:08 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 10:10 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 | 0:59 | 3:20 | 16:49 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 | 2:50 | 0:06 | 18:18 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:25 | 0:27 | 5:32 | 18:24 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 | 4:01 | 0:06 | 19:35 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 | 0:21 | 1:36 | 21:26 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14:17 | 3:38 | 2:28 | 20:23 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 15:00 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 16:23 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:53 |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:23 | 5:46 | 3:50 | 26:59 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15:35 | 5:57 | 2:49 | 24:21 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:00 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 12:13 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 11:16 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 11:54 |
| 11 C. Simon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 17:39 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 2:49 | 0:44 | 16:30 |
| 17 S. Bates | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9:01 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 9:51 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10:39 | 4:25 | 2:10 | 17:14 |
| 4 R. Martinek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 | 2:35 | 1:52 | 22:37 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:02 | 3:28 | 1:22 | 15:52 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:29 |
| 52 A. Rourke | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:24 |
| 24 F. Meyer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:38 | 0:03 | 1:35 | 16:16 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:21 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 | 4:35 | 0:15 | 20:13 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:58 | 4:15 | 0:15 | 20:28 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 11:10 | 4:53 | 1:26 | 17:29 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 15218 |
| Referees | Marc Joannette, Tom Kowal |
| Linesmen | Michel Cormier, Brad Kovachik |
| 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 |