| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:39 | NYI | Frans Nielsen (8) Snap Shot - Assists: M. Grabner (8) |
| 05:32 | BUF | Nathan Gerbe (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Stafford (16) |
| 16:00 | NYI | Josh Bailey (6) Snap Shot - Assists: F. Nielsen (16) |
| 17:17 | NYI | Frans Nielsen (9) Wrist Shot - Assists: K. Okposo (16) & M. Streit (26) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 18:41 | BUF | Derek Roy (10) Slap Shot - Assists: V. Leino (9) & J. Pominville (31) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 11:46 | BUF | Paul Gaustad (6) Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Myers (7) & B. Boyes (10) |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| PA Parenteau | NYI | Save |
| Brad Boyes | BUF | Goal |
| Frans Nielsen | NYI | Miss |
| Jason Pominville | BUF | Goal |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 12:04 | BUF | Brad Boyes : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 14:00 | NYI | Nino Niederreiter : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:09 | NYI | Matt Martin : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 00:09 | BUF | Patrick Kaleta : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| 02:28 | BUF | Ville Leino : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
 BUF |
17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 37 |
 NYI |
9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 29 - 32 | 6 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 35 - 38 | 0.921 | 65:00 |
| NYI |
35 A. Montoya (L) | 33 - 36 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 34 - 37 | 0.919 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
| BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:55 | 1:30 | 2:34 | 23:59 |
| 6 M. Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:22 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 19:30 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:03 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:31 | 1:30 | 0:48 | 22:49 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 | 0:26 | 0:33 | 23:28 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 | 0:46 | 0:41 | 19:15 |
| 24 B. Boyes | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:43 | 1:10 | 0:00 | 13:53 |
| 23 V. Leino | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:42 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 21:26 |
| 44 R. Regehr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 18:10 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 20:25 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:30 | 0:00 | 2:56 | 16:26 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 19:15 | 1:12 | 1:03 | 21:30 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:38 |
| 37 M. Ellis | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:40 |
| 42 N. Gerbe | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 | 0:00 | 0:12 | 17:19 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 18:35 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:23 | 0:26 | 0:40 | 22:29 |
| 63 T. Ennis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 19:02 | 1:12 | 0:12 | 20:26 |
| 72 L. Adam | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:25 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 9:09 |
| NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Streit | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:38 | 3:43 | 0:00 | 25:21 |
| 3 T. Hamonic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:32 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 18:26 |
| 4 M. Eaton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 18:56 |
| 12 J. Bailey | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:39 | 0:41 | 0:28 | 12:48 |
| 15 P. Parenteau | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 16:07 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 19:15 |
| 17 M. Martin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10:40 | 0:07 | 1:02 | 11:49 |
| 21 K. Okposo | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:05 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 22:53 |
| 24 S. Staios | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 15:59 |
| 25 N. Niederreiter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9:37 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 10:18 |
| 26 M. Moulson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:55 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 25:03 |
| 29 J. Pandolfo | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:29 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 9:31 |
| 29 T. Wallace | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:46 |
| 40 M. Grabner | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 15:43 |
| 42 D. Reese | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:05 |
| 47 A. MacDonald | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26:38 | 0:13 | 0:54 | 27:45 |
| R. Rakhshani | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 11:45 |
| 51 F. Nielsen | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:16 | 1:22 | 0:54 | 18:32 |
| 91 J. Tavares | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 22:57 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 26:05 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 14618 |
| Referees | Francois StLaurent, Mike Hasenfratz |
| Linesmen | Brian Murphy, Darren Gibbs |
| 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 |
