| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:11 | MTL | David Desharnais (10) Wrist Shot - Assists: R. Bourque (5) & M. Pacioretty (19) |
| 09:23 | MTL | Andrei Kostitsyn (12) Wrist Shot - Assists: Y. Weber (10) & L. Leblanc (4) |
| 10:36 | NJD | Zach Parise (17) Slap Shot - Assists: D. Zubrus (14) & I. Kovalchuk (22) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:35 | MTL | SHG - Mathieu Darche (3) Snap Shot - Assists: T. Plekanec (24) & H. Gill (7) |
| 13:43 | NJD | PPG - David Clarkson (18) Snap Shot - Assists: I. Kovalchuk (23) & M. Fayne (7) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:11 | NJD | Dainius Zubrus (13) Tip-In - Assists: A. Ponikarovsky (9) & D. Clarkson (8) |
| 17:16 | NJD | Zach Parise (18) Slap Shot - Assists: I. Kovalchuk (24) & P. Elias (30) |
| 19:28 | NJD | EN - David Clarkson (19) Snap Shot - Assists: A. Ponikarovsky (10) & D. Zubrus (15) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 12:49 | MTL | Erik Cole : Roughing - 2 min |
| 15:37 | NJD | Ryan Carter : Roughing - 2 min |
| 18:54 | NJD | Patrik Elias : Boarding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:07 | MTL | Raphael Diaz : Interference - 2 min |
| 13:18 | MTL | Erik Cole : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 14:17 | MTL | Raphael Diaz : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:45 | NJD | David Clarkson : Interference - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 MTL |
11 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
 NJD |
5 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| MTL |
31 C. Price (L) | 11 - 14 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 17 - 21 | 0.810 | 58:58 |
| NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (W) | 21 - 23 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 4 | 27 - 30 | 0.900 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
| MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 23 S. Gomez | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:34 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 11:20 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 12:42 | 1:46 | 3:54 | 18:22 |
| 22 T. Kaberle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 12:13 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 16:28 |
| 26 J. Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 | 0:02 | 3:53 | 21:24 |
| 17 R. Bourque | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 | 1:20 | 2:19 | 20:13 |
| 45 M. Blunden | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:57 |
| 46 A. Kostitsyn | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:08 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 12:48 |
| 51 D. Desharnais | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 20:29 |
| 52 M. Darche | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:34 | 0:00 | 4:06 | 18:40 |
| 61 R. Diaz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11:13 | 1:44 | 0:49 | 13:46 |
| 67 M. Pacioretty | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 18:10 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 22:23 |
| 68 Y. Weber | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9:22 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 11:04 |
| 71 L. Leblanc | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:29 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 17:00 | 3:59 | 0:00 | 20:59 |
| 74 A. Emelin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 19:51 |
| 75 H. Gill | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 | 0:00 | 4:05 | 14:45 |
| 76 P. Subban | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 | 4:15 | 2:32 | 23:13 |
| 81 L. Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 | 0:00 | 2:31 | 14:26 |
| NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 K. Foster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3:56 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 5:21 |
| 5 A. Larsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 | 0:02 | 1:18 | 18:19 |
| 6 A. Greene | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 | 0:02 | 0:50 | 17:45 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:53 | 2:47 | 2:47 | 21:27 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:28 | 3:50 | 3:11 | 21:29 |
| 12 A. Ponikarovsky | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 | 0:02 | 0:46 | 15:41 |
| 15 P. Sykora | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | 2:33 | 0:02 | 14:56 |
| 9 J. Josefson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 | 0:02 | 1:58 | 14:00 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:04 | 6:09 | 1:25 | 27:38 |
| 18 S. Bernier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 | 2:33 | 0:00 | 14:32 |
| 20 R. Carter | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4:14 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 4:42 |
| 36 E. Boulton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:34 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 6:48 |
| 23 D. Clarkson | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:19 | 3:38 | 0:02 | 16:59 |
| 24 B. Salvador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 0:00 | 5:09 | 21:07 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 16:26 | 3:36 | 1:56 | 21:58 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 | 0:00 | 4:04 | 17:48 |
| 29 M. Fayne | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 | 3:21 | 0:00 | 19:15 |
| 55 M. Taormina | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 14:16 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 13283 |
| Referees | Ghislain Hebert, Chris Lee |
| Linesmen | Ryan Galloway, Michel Cormier |
| 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 |
