
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:01 | NSH | PPG - Craig Smith (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Wilson (8) & S. Weber (4) |
| 10:41 | NSH | Gabriel Bourque (4) Tip-In - Assists: S. Hannan (1) & M. Fisher (4) |
| 15:01 | DET | SHG - Daniel Cleary (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Datsyuk (10) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 11:33 | DET | Jordin Tootoo (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: H. Zetterberg (16) & J. Kindl (3) |
| 12:54 | NSH | Roman Josi (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 13:30 | DET | Pavel Datsyuk (8) Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Cleary (1) & J. Gustavsson (1) |
| OT Period | ||
| 00:44 | NSH | Shea Weber (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Wilson (9) & S. Kostitsyn (5) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:39 | DET | Jakub Kindl : Interference - 2 min |
| 04:15 | DET | Jakub Kindl : Interference - 2 min |
| 05:43 | NSH | Rich Clune : Boarding - 2 min |
| 13:04 | DET | Jonas Gustavsson served by Patrick Eaves : Delay of game - 2 min |
| 15:48 | DET | Jakub Kindl : Slashing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:42 | DET | Valtteri Filppula : Holding - 2 min |
| 16:26 | DET | Damien Brunner : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:35 | NSH | Nick Spaling : Holding - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
DET |
11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
NSH |
8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
DET |
35 J. Howard | 2 - 3 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 7 | 0.714 | 11:22 |
DET |
50 J. Gustavsson (L) | 11 - 13 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 16 - 18 | 0.889 | 49:22 |
NSH |
35 P. Rinne (W) | 22 - 24 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 26 - 29 | 0.897 | 60:27 |
| Skater Stats |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. Kindl | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10:08 | 1:34 | 0:03 | 11:45 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:14 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 | 1:52 | 5:09 | 20:57 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13:17 | 2:10 | 5:36 | 21:03 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 8:37 | 2:08 | 0:42 | 11:27 |
| 18 I. White | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 1:34 | 0:03 | 19:11 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 14:17 |
| 21 T. Tatar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7:37 | 1:50 | 0:00 | 9:27 |
| 22 J. Tootoo | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:38 |
| 23 B. Lashoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 | 0:00 | 5:07 | 20:03 |
| 24 D. Brunner | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 12:41 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 15:07 |
| 25 C. Emmerton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 12:18 |
| 27 K. Quincey | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | 1:08 | 5:01 | 18:11 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 | 2:10 | 3:30 | 20:06 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:43 | 1:50 | 2:26 | 17:59 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 | 0:00 | 6:54 | 27:03 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 1:18 | 4:24 | 23:12 |
| 63 J. Andersson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:12 |
NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 R. Ellis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:26 | 5:22 | 0:28 | 16:16 |
| 6 S. Weber | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 | 5:52 | 1:17 | 22:49 |
| 7 J. Blum | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 | 4:49 | 0:00 | 16:00 |
| 8 K. Klein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 0:05 | 2:43 | 21:51 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 | 4:04 | 1:21 | 18:51 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 | 0:32 | 1:21 | 17:03 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 | 3:44 | 1:28 | 18:02 |
| 13 N. Spaling | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9:33 | 0:08 | 0:36 | 10:17 |
| 15 C. Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 9:33 | 6:10 | 0:00 | 15:43 |
| 16 R. Clune | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:43 |
| 18 B. Yip | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 | 0:15 | 0:35 | 11:56 |
| 27 S. Hannan | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 | 0:05 | 2:03 | 20:37 |
| 24 M. Halischuk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:42 |
| 27 P. Hornqvist | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11:14 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 15:32 |
| 33 C. Wilson | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 | 6:35 | 0:00 | 17:55 |
| 57 G. Bourque | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 | 0:19 | 1:11 | 16:24 |
| 59 R. Josi | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 | 5:19 | 1:29 | 23:55 |
| 74 S. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:56 | 6:13 | 1:28 | 17:37 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17113 |
| Referees | Eric Furlatt, Brad Watson |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Don Henderson |
| 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 |