
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:35 | DET | Valtteri Filppula (20) Backhand - Assists: H. Zetterberg (38) & N. Kronwall (15) |
| 16:04 | DET | Brendan Smith (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Abdelkader (13) & D. Cleary (18) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:05 | DET | Darren Helm (8) Snap Shot - Assists: J. Franzen (26) & N. Kronwall (16) |
| 16:35 | DET | Valtteri Filppula (21) Slap Shot - Assists: H. Zetterberg (39) & N. Kronwall (17) |
| 17:42 | DET | Ian White (7) Slap Shot - Assists: none |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:30 | DET | Henrik Zetterberg (15) Slap Shot - Assists: V. Filppula (32) & I. White (23) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:08 | MIN | Cal Clutterbuck : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 06:56 | MIN | Nick Johnson : Slashing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:45 | DET | Jiri Hudler : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:36 | MIN | Matt Cullen : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 05:48 | MIN | Darroll Powe : Holding - 2 min |
| 08:39 | MIN | Dany Heatley : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:38 | DET | Brendan Smith : Interference - 2 min |
| 17:42 | MIN | Matt Kassian : Roughing - 2 min |
| 17:42 | MIN | Matt Kassian : Roughing - 2 min |
| 17:42 | DET | Daniel Cleary : Roughing - 2 min |
| 17:42 | DET | Daniel Cleary : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MIN |
5 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
DET |
13 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
37 J. Harding (L) | 17 - 23 | 6 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 23 - 29 | 0.793 | 45:30 |
MIN |
M. Hackett | 3 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 6 - 6 | 1.000 | 14:30 |
DET |
35 J. Howard (W) | 14 - 14 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 19 - 19 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 6 M. Scandella | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 1:25 | 3:03 | 23:52 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 15:26 | 2:35 | 3:02 | 21:03 |
| 10 D. Setoguchi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 16:02 |
| 8 D. Powe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 11:42 | 0:40 | 3:03 | 15:25 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 17:52 | 2:35 | 0:08 | 20:35 |
| N. Palmieri | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:28 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 7:59 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8:26 | 0:14 | 2:01 | 10:41 |
| 3 K. Foster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 6:55 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 8:55 |
| 21 K. Brodziak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 | 1:11 | 3:42 | 16:58 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 7:31 | 0:48 | 1:00 | 9:19 |
| 32 N. Johnson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 13:26 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 14:06 |
| 28 M. Kassian | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:12 |
| 39 N. Prosser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 | 0:14 | 4:46 | 23:11 |
| 41 J. Ortmeyer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 | 0:14 | 3:20 | 14:05 |
| 43 W. Peters | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 9:52 | 0:14 | 3:34 | 13:40 |
| 44 J. Falk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 15:27 |
| 46 J. Spurgeon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 17:07 | 2:21 | 3:53 | 23:21 |
| 77 T. Gilbert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 | 2:00 | 6:02 | 25:14 |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 B. Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12:51 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 15:08 |
| 4 J. Kindl | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 | 3:52 | 0:16 | 18:02 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:27 | 0:52 | 1:42 | 13:01 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9:27 | 1:45 | 1:45 | 12:57 |
| 18 I. White | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 | 5:52 | 1:52 | 23:16 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:50 | 1:15 | 1:42 | 12:47 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:38 | 0:21 | 2:08 | 21:07 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17:15 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 19:18 |
| 27 K. Quincey | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14:22 | 3:50 | 1:36 | 19:48 |
| 39 J. Mursak | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:37 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 11:20 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15:31 | 3:34 | 0:33 | 19:38 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:54 | 2:07 | 1:45 | 15:46 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:54 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 8:01 |
| 25 C. Emmerton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:55 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 11:00 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15:53 | 3:40 | 0:33 | 20:06 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 | 3:38 | 2:08 | 22:42 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:22 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 16:18 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 | 5:38 | 0:00 | 15:45 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 20066 |
| Referees | Tim Peel, Francois StLaurent |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Mark Wheler |
| 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 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| E. Condra | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Greening | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Conacher | 7 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | .940 | 2.17 |