
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:57 | DET | Valtteri Filppula (11) Snap Shot - Assists: H. Zetterberg (16) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 12:52 | DET | Pavel Datsyuk (11) Wrap-Around - Assists: T. Bertuzzi (11) & J. Franzen (17) |
| 13:05 | DET | Daniel Cleary (9) Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Miller (5) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:22 | DET | Valtteri Filppula (12) Slap Shot - Assists: J. Abdelkader (6) & C. Emmerton (3) |
| 17:48 | NSH | Jonathon Blum (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Tootoo (10) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:38 | DET | Cory Emmerton : Tripping - 2 min |
| 15:58 | NSH | Ryan Ellis : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:46 | DET | Johan Franzen : Holding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:58 | DET | Henrik Zetterberg : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:38 | DET | Jonathan Ericsson : Tripping - 2 min |
| 12:17 | DET | Pavel Datsyuk : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:44 | NSH | Mike Fisher : Holding - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
DET |
7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
NSH |
8 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
DET |
35 J. Howard (W) | 24 - 25 | 5 - 5 | 2 - 2 | 31 - 32 | 0.969 | 60:00 |
NSH |
35 P. Rinne (L) | 16 - 20 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 18 - 22 | 0.818 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 1:44 | 4:07 | 21:48 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 12:41 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:51 | 0:43 | 5:27 | 18:01 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14:20 | 1:25 | 0:52 | 16:37 |
| 18 I. White | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:38 | 1:44 | 4:07 | 24:29 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 | 0:03 | 3:51 | 15:04 |
| 23 M. Commodore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 | 0:36 | 0:23 | 13:42 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 | 0:44 | 5:30 | 20:44 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 12:29 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14:15 | 2:32 | 1:07 | 17:54 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:05 | 0:03 | 3:48 | 13:56 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 16:13 |
| 25 C. Emmerton | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:50 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:28 | 2:32 | 1:22 | 17:22 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:23 | 0:27 | 0:53 | 16:43 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | 1:49 | 5:00 | 21:38 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:19 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 15:44 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:01 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 7:05 |
NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 57 B. Geoffrion | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:03 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 11:39 |
| 7 J. Blum | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 18:04 | 0:06 | 1:01 | 19:11 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:08 | 4:29 | 0:00 | 16:37 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 16:41 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:46 | 4:29 | 0:34 | 18:49 |
| 13 N. Spaling | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 13:42 |
| 15 C. Smith | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 10:42 | 5:22 | 0:00 | 16:04 |
| 20 R. Suter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:57 | 7:24 | 1:03 | 26:24 |
| 22 J. Tootoo | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:16 |
| 24 M. Halischuk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 9:28 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 10:48 |
| 52 J. Smithson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 8:26 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 10:16 |
| 27 P. Hornqvist | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:00 | 4:35 | 0:00 | 16:35 |
| 33 C. Wilson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 16:46 |
| 38 J. Hillen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 11:22 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 13:37 |
| 4 R. Ellis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 12:42 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 18:13 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 | 0:23 | 1:39 | 18:14 |
| 59 R. Josi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 15:42 | 4:23 | 2:02 | 22:07 |
| 74 S. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 | 2:16 | 0:34 | 17:01 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17113 |
| Referees | Mike Hasenfratz, Chris Rooney |
| Linesmen | Bryan Pancich, Jonny Murray |
| 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 |