
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:42 | OTT | Chris Kelly (15) Backhand - Assists: J. Ruutu (12) & C. Neil (10) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:36 | OTT | Peter Regin (11) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Spezza (25) & M. Carkner (9) |
| 10:52 | BUF | Paul Gaustad (10) Tip-In - Assists: T. Kennedy (14) |
| 14:03 | OTT | PPG - Jason Spezza (20) Tip-In - Assists: D. Alfredsson (44) & E. Karlsson (15) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:34 | BUF | Jason Pominville (22) Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 19:59 | OTT | EN - Daniel Alfredsson (19) Assists: J. Ruutu (13) & C. Kelly (17) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:57 | OTT | Zack Smith : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 02:57 | BUF | Patrick Kaleta : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 15:32 | OTT | Mike Fisher served by Jason Spezza : Boarding (maj) - 5 min |
| 15:32 | OTT | Mike Fisher : Misconduct (10 min) - 0 min |
| 16:41 | BUF | Tim Connolly : Slashing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:11 | OTT | Ryan Shannon : Interference - 2 min |
| 13:40 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Tripping - 2 min |
| 19:27 | BUF | Steve Montador : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 17:04 | OTT | Ryan Shannon : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
10 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
BUF |
17 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
1 B. Elliott (W) | 32 - 34 | 8 - 8 | 1 - 1 | 41 - 43 | 0.953 | 59:54 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 21 - 23 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 27 - 30 | 0.900 | 58:05 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:53 | 0:00 | 5:05 | 25:58 |
| 25 A. Sutton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 17:47 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 17:57 | 2:23 | 3:27 | 23:47 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 | 2:06 | 2:30 | 20:07 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:47 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 16:26 |
| 18 J. Winchester | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:32 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 12:32 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:24 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 16:30 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:10 | 0:17 | 3:33 | 18:00 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 0:00 | 5:13 | 22:13 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 13:15 |
| 22 R. Shannon | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:19 |
| 7 M. Carkner | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 15:52 |
| 13 P. Regin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:22 |
| 15 Z. Smith | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:30 |
| 65 E. Karlsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 | 2:06 | 0:03 | 19:12 |
| 71 N. Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 17:03 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 | 0:17 | 3:30 | 18:26 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 S. Montador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:02 |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17:34 | 3:35 | 0:17 | 21:26 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 4:10 | 0:50 | 18:03 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 | 0:03 | 2:06 | 21:38 |
| 46 T. Kennedy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 16:01 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 14:15 | 4:22 | 0:00 | 18:37 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:38 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 15:00 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:47 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 14:51 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 | 4:19 | 0:00 | 16:31 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 13:44 | 2:55 | 0:23 | 17:02 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:19 | 4:35 | 0:50 | 21:44 |
| 44 C. Butler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 16:03 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 7:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:38 |
| 37 M. Ellis | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:11 |
| 52 C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 13:09 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 16:10 | 2:24 | 1:10 | 19:44 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 18:45 | 3:14 | 2:06 | 24:05 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Greg Kimmerly, Kerry Fraser |
| 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 | 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 |