
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:14 | BUF | SHG - Derek Roy Snap Shot - Assists: J. Pominville |
| 04:28 | NYI | PPG - Jason Blake Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Sillinger & T. Poti |
| 07:55 | BUF | Thomas Vanek Snap Shot - Assists: D. Roy & D. Stafford |
| 10:03 | BUF | PPG - Chris Drury Slap Shot - Assists: J. Pominville & D. Briere |
| 10:56 | BUF | PPG - Drew Stafford Backhand - Assists: T. Vanek & J. Pominville |
| 14:57 | BUF | SHG - Chris Drury Backhand - Assists: none |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:38 | NYI | PPG - Viktor Kozlov Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Hill & C. Campoli |
| 05:01 | NYI | PPG - Tom Poti Wrist Shot - Assists: A. Asham & M. Bergeron |
| 12:31 | BUF | PPG - Dainius Zubrus Snap Shot - Assists: D. Briere & C. Drury |
| 19:20 | NYI | Viktor Kozlov Wrist Shot - Assists: A. Yashin & M. Satan |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:02 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 03:51 | BUF | Danny Briere : Tripping - 2 min |
| 08:45 | NYI | Arron Asham : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:58 | NYI | Tom Poti : Holding - 2 min |
| 12:39 | NYI | Sean Hill : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:49 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:41 | BUF | Jason Pominville : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:17 | BUF | Danny Briere : Roughing - 2 min |
| 12:44 | NYI | Alexei Yashin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:29 | BUF | Adam Mair : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:19 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 03:23 | BUF | Jaroslav Spacek : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:35 | NYI | Alexei Yashin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:06 | NYI | Randy Robitaille : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 16:10 | NYI | Chris Campoli : Slashing - 2 min |
| 16:10 | NYI | Arron Asham : Roughing - 2 min |
| 16:10 | BUF | Drew Stafford : Roughing - 2 min |
| 17:43 | NYI | Sean Hill : Slashing - 2 min |
| 17:43 | BUF | Dainius Zubrus : Slashing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
BUF |
12 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
30 M. Dunham (L) | 3 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 7 - 12 | 0.583 | 20:00 |
NYI |
31 W. Dubielewicz | 10 - 10 | 6 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 17 - 18 | 0.944 | 39:33 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 21 - 22 | 4 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 29 | 0.862 | 59:11 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 14:22 | 5:45 | 4:42 | 24:49 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15:03 | 3:17 | 3:13 | 21:33 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:33 | 6:19 | 2:53 | 18:45 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 | 0:23 | 3:38 | 17:33 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:58 | 0:09 | 1:46 | 5:53 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:11 | 4:54 | 1:09 | 18:14 |
| 10 J. Tambellini | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:01 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:22 | 4:40 | 3:27 | 18:29 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 | 4:36 | 1:31 | 20:02 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 11:44 | 2:30 | 1:02 | 15:16 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 | 0:06 | 5:37 | 20:43 |
| 52 A. Rourke | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 11:15 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5:58 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 7:41 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 12:40 | 6:53 | 2:59 | 22:32 |
| 48 S. Regier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:55 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 4:41 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 12:42 | 5:25 | 0:27 | 18:34 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 11:52 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 16:38 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 | 3:39 | 1:31 | 17:08 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | 2:03 | 5:06 | 20:42 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 13:24 | 1:30 | 0:08 | 15:02 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:01 | 3:21 | 4:19 | 19:41 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:04 | 0:09 | 4:06 | 18:19 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:55 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 13:43 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:46 | 4:51 | 6:06 | 18:43 |
| 20 D. Paille | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:35 | 0:27 | 3:04 | 13:06 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11:42 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 14:04 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:09 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 7:15 |
| C. Drury | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:14 | 5:36 | 4:40 | 20:30 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12:55 | 3:05 | 0:00 | 16:00 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 | 0:00 | 5:47 | 18:07 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10:27 | 3:26 | 1:44 | 15:37 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:58 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 4:36 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 | 3:17 | 5:47 | 21:36 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10:21 | 5:24 | 0:08 | 15:53 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 13:49 | 3:21 | 0:59 | 18:09 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 | 1:23 | 2:10 | 16:10 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Stephane Auger, Bill McCreary |
| Linesmen | Darren Gibbs, Derek Nansen |
| 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 |