
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:24 | NYI | Jason Blake Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Poti & M. Bergeron |
| 11:17 | BUF | Thomas Vanek Snap Shot - Assists: T. Numminen & D. Roy |
| 13:05 | BUF | Chris Drury Tip-In - Assists: D. Zubrus & D. Stafford |
| 19:44 | NYI | PPG - Mike Sillinger Snap Shot - Assists: V. Kozlov & R. Smyth |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:39 | BUF | PPG - Chris Drury Snap Shot - Assists: B. Campbell & D. Briere |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:48 | BUF | Jason Pominville Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:01 | NYI | Marc-Andre Bergeron : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 04:24 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Holding - 2 min |
| 07:37 | NYI | Tom Poti : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 16:58 | BUF | Jaroslav Spacek : Tripping - 2 min |
| 19:07 | BUF | Teppo Numminen : Boarding - 2 min |
| 20:00 | NYI | Richard Park : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 18:39 | BUF | Brian Campbell : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
11 | 15 | 5 | 31 |
NYI |
12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 19 - 20 | 3 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 24 - 26 | 0.923 | 59:53 |
NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (L) | 24 - 27 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 31 | 0.871 | 58:51 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 | 0:00 | 5:09 | 22:53 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:39 | 0:39 | 0:05 | 17:23 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 | 1:55 | 2:34 | 17:44 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 | 0:00 | 5:22 | 22:40 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:22 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 11:46 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 | 1:28 | 2:02 | 16:41 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:28 | 2:07 | 0:33 | 12:08 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:33 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:20 |
| C. Drury | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:17 | 2:07 | 2:40 | 18:04 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:50 | 1:55 | 0:05 | 14:50 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:43 | 1:35 | 0:46 | 18:04 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:05 | 0:31 | 1:28 | 14:04 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 | 0:31 | 0:33 | 16:50 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 | 2:07 | 0:13 | 16:15 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:41 | 1:56 | 0:05 | 18:42 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 16:02 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 | 1:55 | 0:05 | 15:27 |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:03 | 5:51 | 1:29 | 26:23 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 18:16 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 14:09 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 15:11 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:53 | 0:03 | 1:27 | 9:23 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7:30 | 0:03 | 1:27 | 9:00 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 | 0:34 | 0:00 | 13:51 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 | 4:37 | 1:55 | 21:31 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 10:40 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:31 | 3:48 | 0:40 | 19:59 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:43 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 | 0:00 | 3:22 | 20:22 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:35 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:01 | 5:15 | 0:40 | 25:56 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:49 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 14:13 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 15:00 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:12 | 1:16 | 0:40 | 16:08 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 | 4:44 | 1:55 | 21:54 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16234 |
| Referees | Mike Leggo, Rob Shick |
| Linesmen | Shane Heyer, 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 | 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 |