| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:55 | NYI | PPG - Rob Schremp (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Streit (17) & J. Bailey (6) |
| 14:26 | OTT | Chris Kelly (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Neil (3) & J. Ruutu (7) |
| 19:08 | OTT | Peter Regin (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Campoli (10) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:56 | NYI | Jon Sim (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: R. Park (10) |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Alex Kovalev | OTT | Goal |
| Frans Nielsen | NYI | Goal |
| Mike Fisher | OTT | Goal |
| Rob Schremp | NYI | Goal |
| Ryan Shannon | OTT | Goal |
| John Tavares | NYI | Miss |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:53 | NYI | Jack Hillen : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 04:07 | OTT | Matt Carkner : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 13:11 | NYI | Mark Streit : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 15:26 | NYI | Jack Hillen : Holding - 2 min |
| 20:00 | OTT | Matt Carkner served by Peter Regin : Roughing - 2 min |
| 20:00 | OTT | Matt Carkner : Roughing - 2 min |
| 20:00 | NYI | Tim Jackman : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 06:42 | OTT | Shean Donovan : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:56 | OTT | Chris Campoli : Roughing - 2 min |
| 00:56 | NYI | Andy Sutton : Roughing - 2 min |
| 06:13 | OTT | Jesse Winchester : Hooking - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
 NYI |
8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
 OTT |
10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| NYI |
30 D. Roloson (L) | 28 - 30 | 5 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 34 - 36 | 0.944 | 64:57 |
| OTT |
33 P. Leclaire (W) | 21 - 22 | 4 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 27 | 0.926 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
| NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 18:37 | 6:43 | 2:24 | 27:44 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:28 | 3:43 | 0:00 | 16:11 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:29 | 0:20 | 2:12 | 16:01 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 18:12 |
| 12 J. Bailey | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 2:23 | 0:27 | 15:46 |
| 13 R. Schremp | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 11:22 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 15:01 |
| 16 J. Sim | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:48 |
| 21 K. Okposo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 16:51 | 3:25 | 2:37 | 22:53 |
| 25 A. Sutton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20:25 | 0:10 | 3:46 | 24:21 |
| 26 M. Moulson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 13:25 |
| 15 T. Jackman | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:10 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:01 | 2:14 | 14:54 |
| 38 J. Hillen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20:43 | 2:06 | 1:24 | 24:13 |
| 47 A. MacDonald | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:18 |
| 51 F. Nielsen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 | 3:24 | 2:27 | 16:58 |
| 14 B. Comeau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:03 | 0:14 | 3:23 | 23:40 |
| 91 J. Tavares | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 17:44 |
| 93 D. Weight | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 15:44 |
| OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 | 0:18 | 5:18 | 24:23 |
| 9 M. Michalek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:16 | 3:54 | 3:26 | 22:36 |
| 10 S. Donovan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:44 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:23 | 3:54 | 3:03 | 23:20 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:50 | 1:48 | 1:14 | 18:52 |
| 17 F. Kuba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 | 3:54 | 2:15 | 23:27 |
| 18 J. Winchester | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6:16 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 7:07 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 3:46 | 18:31 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 | 0:00 | 4:58 | 24:42 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:39 |
| 22 R. Shannon | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:52 | 3:22 | 0:10 | 18:24 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 | 4:12 | 0:00 | 21:39 |
| 7 M. Carkner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 13:34 |
| 18 J. Cheechoo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6:37 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 8:43 |
| 13 P. Regin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:43 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 17:31 |
| 65 E. Karlsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:43 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 22:21 |
| 71 N. Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:13 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 11:19 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 | 0:00 | 3:10 | 16:55 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16743 |
| Referees | Ian Walsh, Steve Kozari |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Jean Morin |
| 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 |
| J. Tavares | 6 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| M. Streit | 6 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| K. Okposo | 6 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| C. Cizikas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Grabner | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| C. McDonald | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Moulson | 6 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 3 |
| B. Boyes | 6 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| K. Aucoin | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Bailey | 6 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| K. Poulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 | 1.15 |
| E. Nabokov | 2 | 4 | 2 | .842 | 4.44 |
