| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:56 | BUF | Thomas Vanek (7) Backhand - Assists: J. Pominville (8) & L. Adam (4) |
| 02:31 | BUF | Brad Boyes (1) Backhand - Assists: C. McCormick (1) & M. Ellis (1) |
| 13:03 | TBL | Vincent Lecavalier (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. St Louis (5) |
| 19:00 | TBL | Nate Thompson (2) Backhand - Assists: T. Pyatt (1) & D. Moore (3) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:42 | TBL | Steven Stamkos (4) Tip-In - Assists: M. Gilroy (3) & M. Bergeron (8) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:37 | TBL | Ryan Malone (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Clark (2) |
| 19:10 | BUF | Nathan Gerbe (2) Slap Shot - Assists: B. Boyes (2) & P. Gaustad (1) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:12 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:20 | BUF | Patrick Kaleta : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 13:20 | TBL | Steve Downie : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:37 | BUF | Robyn Regehr : Roughing - 2 min |
| 04:37 | TBL | Ryan Malone : Roughing - 2 min |
| 05:12 | TBL | Nate Thompson : Tripping - 2 min |
| 09:39 | TBL | Victor Hedman : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:15 | BUF | Drew Stafford : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:27 | BUF | Cody McCormick : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 14:07 | TBL | Vincent Lecavalier : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 TBL |
10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
 BUF |
15 | 7 | 17 | 39 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| TBL |
32 M. Garon (W) | 34 - 37 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 36 - 39 | 0.923 | 60:00 |
| BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 15 - 19 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 19 - 23 | 0.826 | 59:10 |
| Skater Stats |
| TBL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 E. Brewer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 1:33 | 3:09 | 22:19 |
| 4 V. Lecavalier | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13:52 | 3:27 | 0:00 | 17:19 |
| 5 B. Clark | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 | 0:26 | 1:54 | 19:04 |
| 27 S. Downie | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 11:06 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 13:08 |
| 11 T. Pyatt | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:50 | 0:00 | 2:09 | 11:59 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10:26 | 2:02 | 0:35 | 13:03 |
| 13 P. Kubina | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 | 1:56 | 2:16 | 20:19 |
| 14 B. Connolly | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 | 3:23 | 0:00 | 15:17 |
| 16 T. Purcell | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 9:35 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 11:37 |
| 18 A. Hall | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:32 | 0:00 | 3:08 | 12:40 |
| 18 D. Moore | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 | 0:07 | 2:35 | 17:16 |
| 26 M. St Louis | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:44 | 3:27 | 0:00 | 20:11 |
| 44 N. Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:48 | 0:07 | 1:53 | 17:48 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 18:07 |
| 19 B. Jones | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:11 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 7:18 |
| 77 V. Hedman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:58 | 0:04 | 2:45 | 20:47 |
| 91 S. Stamkos | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:53 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 18:26 |
| 97 M. Gilroy | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 0:07 | 0:35 | 15:22 |
| BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:20 | 1:43 | 0:12 | 16:15 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:45 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 17:15 | 1:03 | 1:47 | 20:05 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 | 3:25 | 2:32 | 23:51 |
| 5 M. Gragnani | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | 2:34 | 0:12 | 17:18 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 12:56 | 2:58 | 0:27 | 16:21 |
| 24 B. Boyes | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:38 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 12:16 |
| 23 V. Leino | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 | 2:11 | 0:04 | 15:56 |
| 44 R. Regehr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 16:31 | 0:23 | 2:52 | 19:46 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:35 | 3:25 | 0:00 | 19:00 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:22 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 13:33 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 15:53 | 3:15 | 2:21 | 21:29 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 12:30 |
| 37 M. Ellis | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:49 |
| 42 N. Gerbe | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13:17 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 13:19 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 19:33 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 | 1:58 | 2:52 | 22:08 |
| 72 L. Adam | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 14:54 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 15:56 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Jean Hebert, Kevin Pollock |
| Linesmen | David Brisebois, Scott Cherrey |
| 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 |
