

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 16:34 | BUF | Jordan Leopold (8) Snap Shot - Assists: N. Gerbe (13) & M. Ellis (3) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:22 | NJD | PPG - Patrik Elias (18) Snap Shot - Assists: Z. Parise (25) & K. Foster (8) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Ilya Kovalchuk | NJD | Goal |
| Thomas Vanek | BUF | Save |
| Zach Parise | NJD | Save |
| Brad Boyes | BUF | Miss |
| Patrik Elias | NJD | Save |
| Jason Pominville | BUF | Goal |
| Adam Henrique | NJD | Save |
| Nathan Gerbe | BUF | Goal |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:47 | NJD | Alexei Ponikarovsky : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 06:37 | BUF | Derek Roy : Tripping - 2 min |
| 09:07 | BUF | Derek Roy : Boarding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
BUF |
6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
NJD |
6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 24 - 24 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 28 | 0.964 | 65:00 |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (L) | 11 - 12 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 13 - 14 | 0.929 | 64:44 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:39 | 0:44 | 1:46 | 23:09 |
| 6 M. Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 17:53 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:55 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22:46 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 23:30 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 | 1:16 | 1:07 | 24:27 |
| 5 M. Gragnani | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:30 | 0:33 | 0:00 | 6:03 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:51 | 0:44 | 0:31 | 21:06 |
| 24 B. Boyes | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 16:11 |
| 23 V. Leino | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 19:33 |
| 44 R. Regehr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 18:10 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:35 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 18:51 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 1:16 | 1:40 | 21:57 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 | 0:11 | 1:35 | 17:38 |
| 37 M. Ellis | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 1:29 | 16:35 |
| 42 N. Gerbe | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 | 0:11 | 1:15 | 16:37 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 22:25 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:37 | 1:16 | 1:13 | 23:06 |
| 72 L. Adam | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:39 |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 K. Foster | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10:00 | 2:40 | 0:00 | 12:40 |
| 5 A. Larsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:30 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 26:15 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:19 | 0:35 | 0:48 | 20:42 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 21:20 | 2:40 | 1:03 | 25:03 |
| 10 P. Harrold | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:26 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 8:01 |
| 12 A. Ponikarovsky | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:37 |
| 14 A. Henrique | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 16:57 | 0:56 | 1:03 | 18:56 |
| 15 P. Sykora | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:58 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 17:33 |
| 9 J. Josefson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:58 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 8:07 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 26:00 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 29:15 |
| 20 R. Carter | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 11:28 |
| 36 E. Boulton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:18 |
| 23 D. Clarkson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 | 2:40 | 0:00 | 18:19 |
| 24 B. Salvador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:50 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 27:05 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 | 2:19 | 0:48 | 22:25 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 14:03 |
| 29 M. Fayne | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 19:39 |
| 55 M. Taormina | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:50 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 13735 |
| Referees | Greg Kimmerly, Wes McCauley |
| Linesmen | Derek Nansen, Brian Mach |
| 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 |