
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:00 | DET | PPG - Jiri Hudler (20) Backhand - Assists: J. Franzen (13) & N. Kronwall (33) |
| 08:26 | DET | PPG - Henrik Zetterberg (21) Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Datsyuk (47) & B. Rafalski (39) |
| 19:53 | NSH | PPG - Steve Sullivan (1) Snap Shot - Assists: R. Bonk (13) & J. Dumont (29) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:01 | DET | Nicklas Lidstrom (11) Slap Shot - Assists: N. Kronwall (34) & D. Cleary (20) |
| 12:42 | NSH | Steve Sullivan (2) Backhand - Assists: J. Dumont (30) & J. Arnott (17) |
| 16:02 | DET | PPG - Johan Franzen (23) Backhand - Assists: H. Zetterberg (30) & N. Lidstrom (31) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:08 | DET | PPG - Nicklas Lidstrom (12) Slap Shot - Assists: P. Datsyuk (48) & B. Rafalski (40) |
| 15:38 | DET | PPG - Johan Franzen (24) Snap Shot - Assists: V. Filppula (24) & J. Hudler (29) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:12 | NSH | Ville Koistinen : Holding - 2 min |
| 08:15 | NSH | Jerred Smithson : Holding - 2 min |
| 17:58 | DET | Nicklas Lidstrom : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:53 | DET | Andreas Lilja : Interference - 2 min |
| 06:10 | DET | Ty Conklin served by Pavel Datsyuk : Delaying Game-Ill. play goalie - 2 min |
| 14:34 | NSH | Shea Weber : Holding - 2 min |
| 19:43 | NSH | Vernon Fiddler : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:55 | NSH | Greg Zanon : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 10:07 | DET | Marian Hossa : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 10:07 | NSH | Ryan Suter : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 10:07 | NSH | Dan Hamhuis : Slashing - 2 min |
| 10:07 | DET | Marian Hossa : Game misconduct - 0 min |
| 10:07 | DET | Johan Franzen : Slashing - 2 min |
| 11:08 | DET | Tomas Kopecky : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:31 | DET | Kris Draper : Boarding - 2 min |
| 15:28 | NSH | Jordin Tootoo : Interference - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NSH |
7 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
DET |
16 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NSH |
31 D. Ellis (L) | 27 - 28 | 8 - 13 | 0 - 0 | 35 - 41 | 0.854 | 60:00 |
DET |
29 T. Conklin (W) | 20 - 21 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 23 - 25 | 0.920 | 59:55 |
| 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 | 1 | 15:14 | 0:04 | 4:48 | 20:06 |
| 6 V. Koistinen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:54 | 5:07 | 0:00 | 19:01 |
| 4 G. Zanon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:58 | 0:00 | 3:58 | 19:56 |
| 6 S. Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:11 | 6:04 | 1:31 | 22:46 |
| 8 K. Klein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 | 0:04 | 1:16 | 15:29 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:43 | 4:31 | 2:37 | 20:51 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 | 4:55 | 3:01 | 20:43 |
| 14 R. Bonk | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | 3:23 | 0:00 | 13:28 |
| 44 J. Arnott | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 | 4:10 | 0:06 | 17:38 |
| 20 R. Suter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15:02 | 2:52 | 2:31 | 20:25 |
| 22 J. Tootoo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:49 |
| 52 J. Smithson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:06 | 0:00 | 4:08 | 14:14 |
| 15 S. Sullivan | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:51 | 3:16 | 0:06 | 15:13 |
| 28 R. Jones | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:10 |
| 42 J. Ward | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 | 3:17 | 2:14 | 16:04 |
| 38 V. Fiddler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9:07 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 10:59 |
| 42 A. Pihlstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:16 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:03 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 14:50 |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 6 A. Lilja | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:56 | 0:00 | 4:41 | 19:37 |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13:35 | 4:37 | 3:00 | 21:12 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 | 3:25 | 2:15 | 16:23 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12:20 | 4:09 | 2:14 | 18:43 |
| 7 D. Meech | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 16:04 |
| 23 V. Leino | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:16 |
| 24 C. Chelios | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 18:52 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10:59 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 13:31 |
| 28 B. Rafalski | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 | 4:28 | 2:28 | 22:03 |
| 33 K. Draper | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:33 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 11:22 |
| 37 M. Samuelsson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:56 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 13:20 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12:06 | 4:30 | 2:22 | 18:58 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:29 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 12:16 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:46 | 0:10 | 1:40 | 13:36 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 | 2:25 | 3:41 | 19:54 |
| 81 M. Hossa | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12:38 | 2:43 | 0:48 | 16:09 |
| 82 T. Kopecky | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10:24 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 12:28 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11:49 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 15:26 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 20066 |
| Referees | Don Koharski, Dean Morton |
| Linesmen | Scott Cherrey, Scott Driscoll |
| 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 |