| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:44 | PIT | Sidney Crosby (28) [GOALS_807] - Assists: P. Dupuis (8) & M. Eaton (6) |
| 11:40 | MIN | Eric Belanger (12) Wrist Shot - Assists: G. Latendresse (4) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:54 | PIT | Pascal Dupuis (10) Snap Shot - Assists: B. Guerin (18) & S. Crosby (27) |
| 01:45 | MIN | Martin Havlat (8) Snap Shot - Assists: G. Latendresse (5) |
| 12:03 | MIN | Cal Clutterbuck (9) Tip-In - Assists: G. Latendresse (6) & E. Belanger (15) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:04 | PIT | Sidney Crosby (29) Tip-In - Assists: M. Eaton (7) & P. Dupuis (9) |
| 06:13 | MIN | Guillaume Latendresse (12) Wrist Shot - Assists: K. Brodziak (12) & N. Schultz (11) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 15:40 | MIN | Andrew Ebbett : Tripping - 2 min |
| 17:08 | PIT | Jordan Staal : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 17:53 | MIN | Antti Miettinen : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:20 | MIN | Derek Boogaard : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 04:10 | MIN | Kim Johnsson : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:45 | MIN | Guillaume Latendresse : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 18:02 | PIT | Jay McKee : Hooking - 2 min |
| 20:00 | MIN | Shane Hnidy : Roughing - 2 min |
| 20:00 | PIT | Maxime Talbot : Roughing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:21 | PIT | Sergei Gonchar : Interference (maj) - 5 min |
| 13:14 | MIN | Shane Hnidy : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 PIT |
12 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
 MIN |
8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| PIT |
29 M. Fleury (L) | 12 - 16 | 7 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 20 - 24 | 0.833 | 59:04 |
| MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 27 - 30 | 6 - 6 | 2 - 2 | 35 - 38 | 0.921 | 59:41 |
| Skater Stats |
| PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 A. Goligoski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 | 1:35 | 2:59 | 21:05 |
| 6 B. Lovejoy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 13:10 |
| 4 M. Eaton | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 0:43 | 4:04 | 18:16 |
| 9 P. Dupuis | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 12:08 |
| 11 J. Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 13:00 | 2:56 | 3:16 | 19:12 |
| 13 B. Guerin | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 | 5:48 | 0:00 | 18:03 |
| 27 M. Rupp | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:22 |
| 24 M. Cooke | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 9:14 | 4:20 | 2:48 | 16:22 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:33 | 0:00 | 3:03 | 10:36 |
| 26 R. Fedotenko | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 16:23 |
| 27 C. Adams | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6:06 | 0:00 | 1:53 | 7:59 |
| L. Caputi | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8:56 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 11:16 |
| 48 T. Kennedy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 0:12 | 13:15 |
| 55 S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16:35 | 7:13 | 0:47 | 24:35 |
| 58 K. Letang | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 | 3:06 | 2:33 | 24:49 |
| 71 E. Malkin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 | 8:14 | 1:17 | 24:41 |
| 74 J. McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 10:36 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 12:47 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14:11 | 7:45 | 1:01 | 22:57 |
| MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:22 | 3:15 | 4:48 | 24:25 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:31 | 3:48 | 3:26 | 28:45 |
| 4 G. Zanon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 | 0:33 | 4:52 | 22:06 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 | 3:27 | 3:01 | 21:15 |
| 11 O. Nolan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 | 2:44 | 3:17 | 18:10 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 18:54 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 16:33 |
| 25 A. Ebbett | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5:23 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 6:00 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 12:41 | 3:31 | 2:34 | 18:46 |
| 21 K. Brodziak | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 | 0:48 | 2:58 | 18:04 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:42 | 1:09 | 1:29 | 12:20 |
| 94 D. Boogaard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 0:12 | 3:59 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:26 | 2:54 | 3:25 | 15:45 |
| 34 S. Hnidy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8:16 | 0:12 | 0:38 | 9:06 |
| 32 J. Scott | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:13 |
| 38 R. Earl | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:39 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 4:45 |
| 73 G. Latendresse | L | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14:39 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 17:40 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:49 | 2:22 | 4:22 | 25:33 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19044 |
| Referees | Eric Furlatt, Brian Pochmara |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Ryan Galloway |
