
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:07 | NSH | Jason Arnott (13) Tip-In - Assists: G. De Vries (3) & J. Dumont (19) |
| 10:40 | NSH | J-P Dumont (5) Tip-In - Assists: S. Weber (13) & J. Ward (3) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:01 | BUF | Mark Mancari : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 19:11 | NSH | Dan Hamhuis : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:27 | NSH | Ryan Suter : Tripping - 2 min |
| 16:22 | BUF | Paul Gaustad : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NSH |
11 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
BUF |
10 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NSH |
35 P. Rinne (W) | 28 - 28 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 30 - 30 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 23 - 25 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 27 | 0.926 | 58:13 |
| Skater Stats |
NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 D. Hamhuis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:34 | 0:03 | 0:31 | 21:08 |
| 3 W. Belak | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:31 |
| 6 V. Koistinen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 | 3:07 | 0:00 | 16:32 |
| 4 G. Zanon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 | 0:03 | 2:32 | 21:27 |
| 6 S. Weber | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:34 | 3:57 | 1:19 | 23:50 |
| 7 G. De Vries | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 16:21 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:57 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 18:23 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | 1:34 | 0:30 | 16:53 |
| 12 S. Nichol | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 11:05 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 15:10 |
| 44 J. Arnott | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14:41 | 3:07 | 0:46 | 18:34 |
| 20 R. Suter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19:16 | 0:50 | 0:11 | 20:17 |
| 22 J. Tootoo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 14:13 |
| 52 J. Smithson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 14:04 |
| 42 J. Ward | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 | 0:53 | 2:26 | 16:06 |
| 38 V. Fiddler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:31 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 11:35 |
| 42 A. Pihlstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:01 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 16:51 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 | 1:51 | 0:46 | 15:00 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 12:21 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 14:54 |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 | 3:13 | 1:24 | 23:18 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:09 | 3:13 | 1:24 | 20:46 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 16:02 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 11:51 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 12:38 |
| 20 D. Paille | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 15:12 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:49 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 16:36 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:05 |
| M. Mancari | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:27 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 11:51 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 | 3:13 | 1:24 | 19:17 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 | 0:50 | 0:03 | 21:09 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:15 | 0:47 | 0:38 | 17:40 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 | 3:10 | 1:58 | 20:41 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:51 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 19:54 |
| 16 C. MacArthur | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:10 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 13:46 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 20:32 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 16:48 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 18:46 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:40 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Tim Peel, Rob Martell |
| Linesmen | Mark Pare, 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 |