| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 13:18 | DET | PPG - Johan Franzen (21) Tip-In - Assists: I. White (20) & P. Datsyuk (41) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:45 | DET | Cory Emmerton (6) Backhand - Assists: J. Abdelkader (9) & D. Cleary (16) |
| 11:08 | EDM | Sam Gagner (12) Backhand - Assists: R. Jones (11) & J. Petry (12) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:23 | EDM | PPG - Sam Gagner (13) Backhand - Assists: M. Paajarvi (5) |
| 10:46 | DET | Drew Miller (11) Backhand - Assists: J. Abdelkader (10) |
| 14:44 | DET | Henrik Zetterberg (10) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Stuart (8) & N. Kronwall (12) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:03 | EDM | Ryan Jones : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 06:03 | DET | Justin Abdelkader : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 06:03 | DET | Justin Abdelkader served by Todd Bertuzzi : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 12:10 | EDM | Eric Belanger : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 15:27 | DET | Cory Emmerton : Holding - 2 min |
| 16:13 | DET | Brad Stuart : Boarding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:11 | EDM | Ladislav Smid : Tripping - 2 min |
| 14:17 | EDM | Eric Belanger : Boarding - 2 min |
| 15:29 | DET | Tomas Holmstrom : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 18:34 | DET | Todd Bertuzzi : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:13 | EDM | Ales Hemsky : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:31 | DET | Justin Abdelkader : Tripping - 2 min |
| 15:42 | DET | Ian White : Tripping - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 EDM |
4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
 DET |
5 | 15 | 10 | 30 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| EDM |
35 N. Khabibulin (L) | 19 - 22 | 3 - 4 | 4 - 4 | 26 - 30 | 0.867 | 58:07 |
| DET |
35 J. MacDonald (W) | 10 - 11 | 4 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 15 - 17 | 0.882 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
| EDM |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 T. Hall | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:16 | 6:07 | 0:00 | 18:23 |
| 5 L. Smid | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:57 | 0:02 | 2:10 | 17:09 |
| 6 R. Whitney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:25 | 6:26 | 3:12 | 23:03 |
| 10 S. Horcoff | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 | 5:32 | 3:01 | 22:04 |
| 18 C. Barker | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 | 4:55 | 0:01 | 17:40 |
| 14 J. Eberle | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:46 | 5:37 | 0:01 | 17:24 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 11:54 | 0:20 | 1:56 | 14:10 |
| 28 R. Jones | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 6:41 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 8:54 |
| 37 L. Petrell | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:17 | 0:01 | 0:27 | 11:45 |
| 44 C. Potter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 | 4:19 | 1:17 | 18:51 |
| 55 B. Eager | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 5:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:23 |
| 57 A. Lander | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 6:42 | 0:00 | 2:01 | 8:43 |
| 2 J. Petry | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 0:03 | 3:28 | 20:39 |
| 77 T. Gilbert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 0:03 | 2:32 | 16:04 |
| 83 A. Hemsky | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:57 | 5:36 | 0:00 | 19:33 |
| 89 S. Gagner | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 | 5:46 | 0:02 | 17:19 |
| 91 M. Paajarvi | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 | 4:05 | 0:00 | 18:04 |
| 94 R. Smyth | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 11:20 | 5:18 | 2:59 | 19:37 |
| DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. Kindl | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:53 |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 | 4:59 | 3:52 | 23:46 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7:11 | 0:01 | 1:59 | 9:11 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6:14 | 0:00 | 1:55 | 8:09 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 4:44 | 2:52 | 22:11 |
| 18 I. White | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 15:51 | 4:44 | 1:28 | 22:03 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:53 | 0:01 | 3:54 | 12:48 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15:26 | 0:14 | 5:49 | 21:29 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 14:45 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:54 | 4:44 | 2:53 | 20:31 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:56 | 0:01 | 4:46 | 13:43 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 | 1:35 | 0:00 | 16:09 |
| 25 C. Emmerton | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5:24 | 0:00 | 0:19 | 5:43 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 | 1:35 | 1:46 | 19:25 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 | 0:01 | 2:53 | 16:17 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 | 1:26 | 7:38 | 23:30 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:16 | 4:41 | 0:02 | 17:59 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 6:07 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 7:36 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 20066 |
| Referees | Chris Lee, Ian Walsh |
| Linesmen | David Brisebois, Greg Devorski |
