
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:21 | BUF | Thomas Vanek Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 12:02 | OTT | Dean McAmmond Snap Shot - Assists: J. Corvo & P. Eaves |
| 17:37 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov Slap Shot - Assists: D. Roy & N. Paetsch |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:35 | OTT | PPG - Peter Schaefer Snap Shot - Assists: M. Fisher & A. Meszaros |
| 16:00 | BUF | PPG - Thomas Vanek Snap Shot - Assists: A. Kotalik & T. Numminen |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:21 | BUF | Martin Biron served by Danny Briere : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 18:10 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:24 | BUF | Paul Gaustad : Hooking - 2 min |
| 01:52 | BUF | Teppo Numminen : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 04:03 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 05:24 | OTT | Joe Corvo : Tripping - 2 min |
| 14:29 | OTT | Wade Redden : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
BUF |
15 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
30 R. Emery (L) | 29 - 31 | 5 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 34 - 37 | 0.919 | 59:32 |
BUF |
43 M. Biron (W) | 23 - 24 | 5 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 28 - 30 | 0.933 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 17:58 | 0:38 | 4:12 | 22:48 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 9:43 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:08 | 3:40 | 2:17 | 24:05 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10:51 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 13:23 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:10 | 4:26 | 1:53 | 22:29 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12:31 | 2:06 | 1:49 | 16:26 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 2:14 | 1:13 | 20:31 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:01 | 4:41 | 1:11 | 22:53 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 19:24 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 9:13 | 1:14 | 2:20 | 12:47 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:40 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 15:06 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 | 0:00 | 5:39 | 23:49 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 7:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:19 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 | 1:51 | 2:38 | 16:52 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9:27 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 9:55 |
| 20 T. Preissing | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 13:57 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:36 |
| 19 M. Comrie | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 9:27 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 11:40 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 | 3:09 | 3:11 | 22:14 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12:18 | 3:36 | 2:45 | 18:39 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 0:21 | 3:11 | 20:36 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:20 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 15:08 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:36 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 9:46 |
| 20 D. Paille | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 10:57 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:57 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:58 | 3:26 | 2:37 | 19:01 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11:50 | 3:32 | 0:00 | 15:22 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:20 | 2:38 | 2:30 | 20:28 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:38 | 0:10 | 0:56 | 10:44 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:41 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 15:10 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 17:48 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:57 | 0:40 | 3:21 | 19:58 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 17:24 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 | 1:05 | 0:51 | 17:18 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:59 | 3:10 | 2:08 | 19:17 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12:04 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 15:30 |
| Other Facts |
| Referees | Dan O'Rourke, Dean Warren |
| Linesmen | Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers |
| 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 |