
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:07 | NYI | Trent Hunter Slap Shot - Assists: M. Sillinger & T. Poti |
| 11:03 | NYI | Bruno Gervais Slap Shot - Assists: M. Satan |
| 18:58 | BUF | Toni Lydman Snap Shot - Assists: T. Vanek & M. Afinogenov |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:12 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin Slap Shot - Assists: J. Pominville & D. Briere |
| 08:37 | NYI | PPG - Marc-Andre Bergeron Slap Shot - Assists: T. Poti & V. Kozlov |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:24 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Holding - 2 min |
| 10:31 | NYI | Viktor Kozlov : Holding - 2 min |
| 14:29 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Tripping - 2 min |
| 16:46 | NYI | Randy Robitaille : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:49 | NYI | Andy Hilbert : Holding - 2 min |
| 13:23 | NYI | Bruno Gervais : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:48 | BUF | Danny Briere : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:58 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:19 | NYI | Mike Sillinger : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
16 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
BUF |
10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (W) | 24 - 26 | 8 - 8 | 0 - 0 | 32 - 34 | 0.941 | 59:58 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 25 - 27 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 29 - 32 | 0.906 | 59:06 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 3:17 | 5:32 | 27:52 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 17:34 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:40 | 1:39 | 0:35 | 15:54 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11:20 | 1:29 | 0:07 | 12:56 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:17 | 0:00 | 3:10 | 12:27 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7:06 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 9:10 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 | 1:36 | 0:07 | 12:56 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13:57 | 2:49 | 2:56 | 19:42 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:31 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 11:36 | 3:02 | 0:37 | 15:15 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 14:36 | 1:57 | 2:00 | 18:33 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 0:00 | 5:48 | 21:45 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:13 | 3:10 | 2:12 | 27:35 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:20 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 15:12 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:07 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:16 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 12:44 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:09 | 2:59 | 4:25 | 21:33 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 | 0:00 | 3:14 | 18:07 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:12 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 | 2:30 | 2:04 | 17:43 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:00 | 0:01 | 3:14 | 16:15 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 10:02 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:34 | 4:39 | 1:38 | 18:51 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:52 | 5:05 | 1:07 | 14:04 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:09 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:59 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 | 4:57 | 1:49 | 18:56 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:23 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 16:26 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 | 0:08 | 1:32 | 15:41 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 | 2:59 | 1:50 | 19:00 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:04 | 3:05 | 1:32 | 19:41 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:41 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 21:08 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 | 5:07 | 0:00 | 23:37 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:01 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 14:05 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11:29 | 3:07 | 0:00 | 14:36 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Marc Joannette, Don Koharski |
| 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 | 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 |