
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 11:54 | OTT | Christoph Schubert Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Neil & A. Volchenkov |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 13:10 | BUF | Derek Roy Backhand - Assists: T. Vanek |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:38 | BUF | Derek Roy Slap Shot - Assists: M. Weber & M. Afinogenov |
| 03:03 | BUF | Jason Pominville Slap Shot - Assists: J. Hecht & H. Tallinder |
| 12:20 | OTT | SHG - Dean McAmmond Tip-In - Assists: A. Vermette & A. Volchenkov |
| 14:02 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Spezza & D. Heatley |
| 18:04 | OTT | Anton Volchenkov Slap Shot - Assists: D. Alfredsson |
| 18:20 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson Slap Shot - Assists: none |
| 19:59 | OTT | EN - Antoine Vermette Backhand - Assists: C. Stillman |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:42 | OTT | Christoph Schubert : Boarding - 2 min |
| 16:46 | BUF | Derek Roy : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:46 | OTT | Jason Spezza : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 16:46 | OTT | Antoine Vermette : Roughing - 2 min |
| 16:46 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:00 | BUF | Drew Stafford : Roughing - 2 min |
| 05:35 | OTT | Andrej Meszaros : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:23 | OTT | Cory Stillman : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
10 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
BUF |
10 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
29 M. Gerber (W) | 24 - 27 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 29 - 32 | 0.906 | 59:41 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 21 - 25 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 25 - 30 | 0.833 | 58:45 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 L. Richardson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:29 |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 0:10 | 3:34 | 19:41 |
| 16 C. Schubert | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8:14 | 0:42 | 1:46 | 10:42 |
| 10 S. Donovan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 | 0:10 | 0:34 | 13:39 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:36 | 2:07 | 2:55 | 20:38 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:20 | 0:15 | 3:33 | 21:08 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20:45 | 1:43 | 0:56 | 23:24 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 2:10 | 0:39 | 17:47 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 17:35 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:14 | 0:18 | 2:30 | 19:02 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14:41 | 0:10 | 4:00 | 18:51 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:58 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:20 |
| 28 M. Lapointe | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 11:58 |
| 11 D. McAmmond | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:55 | 0:10 | 0:46 | 13:51 |
| 23 M. Commodore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:55 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 21:55 |
| 15 B. Lee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 | 0:42 | 0:10 | 18:02 |
| 61 C. Stillman | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:29 | 1:43 | 1:29 | 18:41 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 N. Pratt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 15:13 |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 15:22 | 3:09 | 1:49 | 20:20 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 15:07 | 3:39 | 0:35 | 19:21 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 15:38 | 1:04 | 1:49 | 18:31 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 16:39 | 2:23 | 0:10 | 19:12 |
| 20 D. Paille | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 | 0:10 | 1:21 | 15:23 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:09 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 7:17 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:12 | 0:00 | 0:10 | 7:22 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 | 2:56 | 0:00 | 16:18 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 | 2:59 | 0:46 | 18:12 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 15:43 | 3:14 | 1:04 | 20:01 |
| 6 M. Weber | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 20:19 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:27 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:03 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 | 3:04 | 0:46 | 25:17 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 17:32 | 3:06 | 1:04 | 21:42 |
| 18 S. Bernier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:31 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 15:10 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 13:08 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 16:07 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Wes McCauley, Michael McGeough |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Steve Miller |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| E. Karlsson | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Turris | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Condra | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 9 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Michalek | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Zibanejad | 9 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 3 | 0 | .928 | 2.66 |