| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 08:25 | DET | Ian White (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Holmstrom (1) & D. Miller (1) |
| 15:33 | DET | Cory Emmerton (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 09:01 | NSH | Andrei Kostitsyn (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: A. Radulov (1) & D. Legwand (1) |
| 09:57 | DET | Johan Franzen (1) Tip-In - Assists: B. Stuart (1) & P. Datsyuk (1) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 15:16 | NSH | Shea Weber (1) Backhand - Assists: P. Gaustad (1) & N. Spaling (2) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 01:36 | NSH | Shea Weber : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 01:36 | DET | Todd Bertuzzi : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 01:36 | DET | Johan Franzen served by Jiri Hudler : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 12:04 | NSH | Alexander Radulov : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:26 | DET | Jiri Hudler : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 02:34 | DET | Jonathan Ericsson : Tripping - 2 min |
| 04:04 | DET | Niklas Kronwall : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 06:23 | NSH | Matt Halischuk : Tripping - 2 min |
| 12:02 | DET | Kyle Quincey : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:12 | DET | Valtteri Filppula : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 DET |
8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
 NSH |
5 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| DET |
35 J. Howard (W) | 17 - 19 | 7 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 24 - 26 | 0.923 | 60:00 |
| NSH |
35 P. Rinne (L) | 13 - 16 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 14 - 17 | 0.824 | 59:17 |
| Skater Stats |
| DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 21:09 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:45 | 0:13 | 3:03 | 13:01 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:27 | 0:13 | 3:31 | 14:11 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 | 2:08 | 5:48 | 22:17 |
| 14 G. Nyquist | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:16 |
| 18 I. White | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:19 | 1:42 | 1:06 | 13:07 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:19 | 0:00 | 5:39 | 14:58 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | 0:00 | 7:21 | 23:22 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:47 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 16:26 |
| 27 K. Quincey | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 10:08 | 1:40 | 4:05 | 15:53 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 | 2:08 | 2:49 | 20:13 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 12:15 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 12:28 |
| 25 C. Emmerton | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:17 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15:51 | 1:39 | 1:08 | 18:38 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19:17 | 0:00 | 5:33 | 24:50 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:49 | 2:18 | 5:27 | 22:34 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:03 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 14:42 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:30 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 7:38 |
| NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 6 S. Weber | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17:33 | 5:51 | 1:59 | 25:23 |
| 8 K. Klein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 | 0:18 | 2:01 | 17:59 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 | 6:13 | 0:42 | 19:32 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | 5:00 | 0:18 | 20:52 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 12:56 | 6:19 | 1:27 | 20:42 |
| 13 N. Spaling | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:44 | 0:11 | 1:51 | 12:46 |
| 18 B. Yip | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 7:02 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 7:08 |
| 20 R. Suter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:14 | 6:30 | 1:59 | 26:43 |
| 24 M. Halischuk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5:29 | 0:00 | 0:24 | 5:53 |
| 27 P. Hornqvist | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:17 | 6:32 | 0:00 | 15:49 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:17 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 10:08 |
| 38 J. Hillen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:27 |
| 46 A. Kostitsyn | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 | 4:52 | 0:00 | 20:15 |
| 47 A. Radulov | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16:36 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 21:42 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 | 0:33 | 0:00 | 14:50 |
| 57 G. Bourque | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 | 0:11 | 0:00 | 10:11 |
| 59 R. Josi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 | 4:54 | 2:01 | 22:30 |
| 74 S. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 | 4:54 | 1:27 | 16:53 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17113 |
| Referees | Brad Watson, Mike Leggo |
| Linesmen | Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik |
