| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:17 | NJD | Ilya Kovalchuk (28) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Palmieri (6) & T. Zajac (29) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:23 | NJD | Jacob Josefson (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Palmieri (7) & I. Kovalchuk (26) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:38 | NYI | SHG - Frans Nielsen (12) Backhand - Assists: none |
| 13:44 | NYI | Frans Nielsen (13) [GOALS_807] - Assists: M. Martin (8) & K. Okposo (13) |
| 15:04 | NJD | Andy Greene (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Elias (38) & D. Zubrus (15) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:57 | NYI | Zenon Konopka : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 01:57 | NJD | David Clarkson : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 05:33 | NJD | Jay Leach : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 05:33 | NYI | Matt Martin : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 13:01 | NJD | David Clarkson : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:01 | NYI | Matt Martin : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:08 | NJD | Henrik Tallinder : Tripping - 2 min |
| 11:10 | NYI | Radek Martinek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 16:18 | NYI | Dylan Reese : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:38 | NYI | John Tavares : Hooking - 2 min |
| 04:54 | NJD | Brian Rolston : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:57 | NYI | Mark Katic : Hi stick - double minor - 4 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 NYI |
5 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
 NJD |
7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (L) | 11 - 14 | 5 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 17 - 20 | 0.850 | 58:44 |
| NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (W) | 23 - 24 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 27 - 29 | 0.931 | 59:33 |
| Skater Stats |
| NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 T. Wishart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 18:45 |
| 12 J. Bailey | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 | 0:52 | 4:02 | 17:39 |
| 14 T. Gillies | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:15 |
| 15 P. Parenteau | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 19:59 |
| 17 M. Martin | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11:06 | 0:52 | 2:02 | 14:00 |
| 21 K. Okposo | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:00 | 0:52 | 3:42 | 17:34 |
| 4 R. Martinek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 17:54 | 0:00 | 4:22 | 22:16 |
| 26 M. Moulson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 16:22 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 17:30 |
| 28 Z. Konopka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6:18 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 8:03 |
| 3 T. Hamonic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 | 2:07 | 3:39 | 21:49 |
| 38 J. Hillen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 | 1:51 | 5:30 | 23:40 |
| 42 D. Reese | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:10 | 0:11 | 1:15 | 14:36 |
| 51 F. Nielsen | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13:17 | 2:18 | 3:49 | 19:24 |
| 14 B. Comeau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 | 1:03 | 3:07 | 17:28 |
| 6 J. Joensuu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:00 |
| 32 M. Haley | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 6:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:01 |
| M. Katic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 14:29 | 0:11 | 0:26 | 15:06 |
| 91 J. Tavares | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 16:48 | 2:18 | 0:05 | 19:11 |
| NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 45 M. Fraser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:07 | 0:46 | 0:38 | 8:31 |
| 6 A. Greene | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 | 3:50 | 2:35 | 28:55 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:03 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 25:54 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 | 4:07 | 1:02 | 20:32 |
| 14 R. Pelley | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:59 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 9:24 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:25 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 9:50 |
| 12 B. Rolston | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:11 | 3:41 | 1:05 | 18:57 |
| 9 J. Josefson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 11:58 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14:02 | 6:51 | 0:08 | 21:01 |
| 19 T. Zajac | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 | 2:54 | 1:03 | 18:01 |
| 21 M. Tedenby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:26 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 14:10 |
| 23 D. Clarkson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 1 | 8:59 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 10:33 |
| 20 D. Steckel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:23 | 1:25 | 0:55 | 11:43 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 3:21 | 2:07 | 19:44 |
| 29 A. Salmela | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 | 1:31 | 0:08 | 18:32 |
| N. Palmieri | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 15:04 |
| 33 J. Leach | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11:54 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 12:46 |
| 29 M. Fayne | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 | 4:06 | 2:07 | 18:58 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16252 |
| Referees | Jean Hebert, Bill McCreary |
| Linesmen | Derek Amell, 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 |
| 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 |
