
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:30 | BUF | Brian Campbell Slap Shot - Assists: T. Connolly & A. Mair |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 06:58 | NYI | Arron Asham Snap Shot - Assists: J. Blake & R. Robitaille |
| 11:13 | BUF | PPG - Chris Drury Snap Shot - Assists: B. Campbell & D. Zubrus |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:08 | BUF | Chris Drury Snap Shot - Assists: D. Zubrus & T. Numminen |
| 16:35 | BUF | PPG - Brian Campbell Slap Shot - Assists: D. Briere & D. Zubrus |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 16:01 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Slashing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:06 | BUF | Tim Connolly : Holding - 2 min |
| 10:38 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 14:04 | NYI | Richard Zednik : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:04 | NYI | Randy Robitaille : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:12 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Holding - 2 min |
| 10:25 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:23 | NYI | Richard Zednik : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:35 | BUF | Adam Mair : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 16:35 | NYI | Jason Blake : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 19:38 | NYI | Ryan Smyth : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:38 | NYI | Ryan Smyth : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:38 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:38 | BUF | Drew Stafford : Roughing - 2 min |
| 19:38 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
1 | 9 | 11 | 21 |
BUF |
11 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
31 W. Dubielewicz (L) | 25 - 27 | 5 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 31 - 35 | 0.886 | 59:03 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 16 - 17 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 20 - 21 | 0.952 | 59:42 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 | 3:34 | 4:30 | 26:24 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 | 0:54 | 5:20 | 20:02 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:00 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 15:03 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 | 1:32 | 0:22 | 14:01 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 5:15 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 4:48 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 | 2:26 | 0:22 | 13:19 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 | 3:22 | 4:34 | 21:45 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:16 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 | 0:41 | 1:37 | 15:08 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 15:15 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 16:26 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 15:16 | 0:00 | 4:40 | 19:56 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 12:27 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:40 | 3:34 | 1:04 | 26:18 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14:24 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 17:40 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 13:51 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 | 2:38 | 0:48 | 15:35 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16:12 | 3:45 | 4:28 | 24:25 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 | 0:18 | 3:06 | 22:08 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 | 0:22 | 0:00 | 13:11 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 | 3:06 | 2:15 | 16:11 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 | 0:18 | 2:58 | 21:41 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:19 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:02 | 4:41 | 1:23 | 20:06 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6:47 | 5:05 | 0:47 | 12:39 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6:51 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 6:52 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6:33 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 6:37 |
| C. Drury | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12:34 | 4:47 | 2:22 | 19:43 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12:54 | 3:21 | 0:36 | 16:51 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 0:16 | 3:00 | 18:41 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 | 3:04 | 2:09 | 18:06 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14:21 | 2:24 | 1:55 | 18:40 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 4:47 | 0:00 | 19:03 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11:50 | 4:28 | 1:02 | 17:20 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14:51 | 0:00 | 2:22 | 17:13 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:35 | 3:43 | 0:06 | 15:24 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Wes McCauley, Brad Watson |
| Linesmen | Derek Amell, Tim Nowak |
| 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 |