| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:12 | NJD | Jason Arnott (5) Backhand - Assists: P. Elias (6) & M. Tedenby (1) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:22 | BUF | Jason Pominville (1) Snap Shot - Assists: T. Connolly (5) & J. Leopold (6) |
| 05:35 | BUF | Derek Roy (8) Slap Shot - Assists: T. Vanek (4) & T. Myers (2) |
| 07:58 | NJD | David Clarkson (2) [GOALS_807] - Assists: A. Vasyunov (2) & A. Greene (4) |
| 12:01 | NJD | PPG - Jason Arnott (6) Slap Shot - Assists: A. Greene (5) & P. Elias (7) |
| 13:50 | BUF | Tyler Myers (4) Snap Shot - Assists: R. Niedermayer (3) & A. Sekera (2) |
| 18:01 | NJD | Jamie Langenbrunner (3) [GOALS_807] - Assists: H. Tallinder (2) & T. Zajac (5) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:54 | BUF | Tyler Ennis (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Myers (3) & D. Roy (9) |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Jason Pominville | BUF | Miss |
| Jason Arnott | NJD | Save |
| Thomas Vanek | BUF | Goal |
| Patrik Elias | NJD | Save |
| Tyler Ennis | BUF | Miss |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | NJD | Goal |
| Derek Roy | BUF | Goal |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | NJD | Miss |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 12:37 | NJD | Dainius Zubrus : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:44 | BUF | Tyler Ennis : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:40 | NJD | Jason Arnott : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 13:00 | BUF | Rob Niedermayer : Tripping - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
 BUF |
8 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 42 |
 NJD |
9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| BUF |
1 J. Enroth (W) | 26 - 29 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 28 - 32 | 0.875 | 64:31 |
| NJD |
1 J. Hedberg (L) | 31 - 35 | 7 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 38 - 42 | 0.905 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
| BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:12 | 0:51 | 0:35 | 23:38 |
| 5 S. Montador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 21:43 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 14:31 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:42 | 3:09 | 0:35 | 19:26 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 7 | 12:49 | 2:31 | 0:35 | 15:55 |
| 20 R. Niedermayer | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:12 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 16:21 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:20 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 18:29 |
| 27 S. Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 19:41 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 14:33 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 13:29 | 3:09 | 0:27 | 17:05 |
| 44 C. Butler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:26 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 13:34 |
| 37 M. Ellis | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:53 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 19:59 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 | 0:51 | 1:06 | 16:28 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17:14 | 3:09 | 1:42 | 22:05 |
| 63 T. Ennis | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15:22 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 16:13 |
| NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 C. White | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 18:05 | 0:00 | 2:34 | 20:39 |
| 6 A. Greene | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 | 1:37 | 0:47 | 22:10 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 | 0:35 | 1:05 | 20:55 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:56 | 1:37 | 0:00 | 18:33 |
| 14 R. Pelley | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 12:26 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:19 |
| 11 S. Gionta | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 8:39 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 9:05 |
| 15 J. Langenbrunner | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 | 0:35 | 1:35 | 17:18 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 18:17 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 18:52 |
| 18 A. Vasyunov | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:08 |
| 19 T. Zajac | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 17:30 | 0:40 | 2:02 | 20:12 |
| 55 M. Taormina | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 18:16 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 18:56 |
| 21 M. Tedenby | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:25 |
| 23 D. Clarkson | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:23 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 17:05 |
| 44 J. Arnott | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16:21 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 18:03 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:23 | 1:42 | 2:11 | 19:16 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:51 | 0:00 | 2:59 | 25:50 |
| 29 O. Magnan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:13 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 19:48 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 14566 |
| Referees | Chris Lee, Justin StPierre |
| Linesmen | David Brisebois, Scott Driscoll |
