
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 15:04 | BUF | Drew Stafford Backhand - Assists: T. Connolly & A. Mair |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:39 | BUF | Jason Pominville Snap Shot - Assists: D. Briere |
| 11:29 | BUF | Derek Roy Snap Shot - Assists: A. Kotalik & M. Afinogenov |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 04:22 | NYI | Miroslav Satan Backhand - Assists: C. Campoli & J. Blake |
| 06:38 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov Snap Shot - Assists: T. Vanek |
| 09:43 | NYI | Trent Hunter Backhand - Assists: B. Gervais & R. Smyth |
| 13:07 | NYI | Chris Campoli Snap Shot - Assists: R. Park & M. Satan |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:58 | BUF | Henrik Tallinder : Tripping - 2 min |
| 17:07 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:27 | NYI | Randy Robitaille : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 05:54 | BUF | Adam Mair : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:42 | BUF | Jaroslav Spacek : Holding - 2 min |
| 12:04 | NYI | Marc-Andre Bergeron : Tripping - 2 min |
| 15:12 | NYI | Randy Robitaille : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:15 | NYI | Richard Zednik : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
9 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
BUF |
8 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (L) | 19 - 23 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 23 - 27 | 0.852 | 58:44 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 27 - 30 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 30 - 33 | 0.909 | 60:00 |
| 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 | 2 | 18:58 | 6:56 | 5:15 | 31:09 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 | 0:39 | 1:20 | 15:28 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:05 | 1:04 | 3:20 | 21:29 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:31 | 0:07 | 3:38 | 13:16 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 7:55 | 0:07 | 3:13 | 11:15 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 | 1:04 | 0:47 | 14:38 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 | 3:45 | 3:45 | 21:14 |
| 20 R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 12:07 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 12:12 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:03 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 15:57 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 7:49 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 8:41 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 | 0:00 | 4:40 | 17:57 |
| 45 A. Asham | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 5:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:14 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 20:12 | 6:56 | 1:58 | 29:06 |
| 49 D. Fata | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:04 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:52 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 19:07 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 8:29 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 12:42 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:24 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 13:40 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 | 4:47 | 4:04 | 24:06 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 | 0:00 | 4:39 | 23:41 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 10:18 | 4:51 | 0:00 | 15:09 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:57 | 1:46 | 1:55 | 14:38 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 19:46 | 0:12 | 4:29 | 24:27 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 | 0:12 | 0:25 | 12:17 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 | 1:44 | 2:52 | 16:26 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7:39 | 4:24 | 2:24 | 14:27 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:52 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 14:04 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:03 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 | 4:30 | 2:49 | 18:44 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:18 | 3:24 | 0:00 | 11:42 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 | 0:24 | 3:21 | 17:25 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 | 2:24 | 2:22 | 17:04 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15:36 | 3:09 | 2:13 | 20:58 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:18 | 4:30 | 0:25 | 19:13 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 9:58 | 5:00 | 1:18 | 16:16 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:51 | 0:00 | 2:48 | 15:39 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9:29 | 3:18 | 0:00 | 12:47 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O'Halloran |
| Linesmen | Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy |
| 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 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| E. Condra | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| S. Gonchar | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 7 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| C. Conacher | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Silfverberg | 7 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 4 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.52 |