

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:59 | PIT | Matt Murley Slap Shot - Assists: M. Recchi & J. Leclair |
| 11:56 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov Slap Shot - Assists: D. Roy & D. Kalinin |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:41 | BUF | Paul Gaustad Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Drury & J. McKee |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:33 | PIT | PPG - John Leclair Snap Shot - Assists: M. Recchi & S. Gonchar |
| 05:43 | BUF | PPG - Ales Kotalik Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Afinogenov & T. Numminen |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:46 | PIT | Steve Poapst : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 10:27 | BUF | Tim Connolly : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:29 | PIT | Ryan Whitney : Holding - 2 min |
| 13:11 | BUF | Tim Connolly : Interference - 2 min |
| 16:24 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:19 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 06:50 | PIT | Josef Melichar : Interference - 2 min |
| 09:30 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:02 | PIT | Lasse Pirjeta : Holding - 2 min |
| 15:22 | PIT | Matt Murley : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:26 | BUF | Toni Lydman : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 03:24 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 05:26 | PIT | Ryan Whitney : Holding - 2 min |
| 07:50 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 12:19 | BUF | Dmitri Kalinin : Holding - 2 min |
| 16:42 | PIT | Steve Poapst : Holding - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
BUF |
9 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
PIT |
12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
BUF |
43 M. Biron (W) | 19 - 20 | 8 - 9 | 3 - 3 | 30 - 32 | 0.938 | 59:41 |
PIT |
29 M. Fleury (L) | 16 - 18 | 8 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 24 - 27 | 0.889 | 58:46 |
| Skater Stats |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12:57 | 1:10 | 7:46 | 21:53 |
| 8 R. Fitzpatrick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 | 1:09 | 0:38 | 11:59 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:05 | 6:29 | 2:40 | 19:14 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 | 0:29 | 8:31 | 20:04 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 8:40 | 5:22 | 0:07 | 14:09 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 8:27 | 4:05 | 5:51 | 18:23 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:35 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 7:42 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6:38 | 3:09 | 5:53 | 15:40 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:45 | 0:42 | 7:11 | 17:38 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:06 | 5:07 | 0:08 | 15:21 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:46 | 5:39 | 7:28 | 20:53 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:07 | 0:24 | 1:36 | 11:07 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 6:48 | 4:11 | 2:05 | 13:04 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 5:50 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 | 5:35 | 0:00 | 17:11 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:03 | 4:08 | 6:13 | 18:24 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11:18 | 6:58 | 0:00 | 18:16 |
| 74 J. McKee | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:41 | 0:21 | 7:20 | 14:22 |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:25 | 0:15 | 1:53 | 12:33 |
| 33 S. Poapst | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 11:45 | 0:00 | 5:02 | 16:47 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7:56 | 9:14 | 4:10 | 21:20 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8:17 | 9:37 | 0:00 | 17:54 |
| 11 L. Pirjeta | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5:17 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 5:18 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 8:10 | 6:09 | 3:19 | 17:38 |
| 26 E. Christensen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 13:56 |
| 18 M. Murley | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8:09 | 0:00 | 4:41 | 12:50 |
| 6 R. Whitney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 9:53 | 7:32 | 4:45 | 22:10 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:32 | 0:00 | 6:09 | 10:41 |
| 24 M. Hussey | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:57 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 7:08 |
| 23 D. Tarnstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:24 | 10:57 | 0:09 | 19:30 |
| 33 Z. Palffy | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 | 6:43 | 3:22 | 24:05 |
| 37 R. Vandenbussche | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:09 |
| 44 B. Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 | 0:06 | 4:34 | 17:29 |
| S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 11:52 | 11:33 | 5:40 | 29:05 |
| 66 M. Lemieux | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8:11 | 9:08 | 0:11 | 17:30 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:28 | 6:52 | 0:01 | 19:21 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 15118 |
| Referees | Don Koharski, Tom Kowal |
| Linesmen | Angelo D'Amico, Tim Nowak |