

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:21 | BUF | Rory Fitzpatrick Snap Shot - Assists: M. Grier & T. Pyatt |
| 06:35 | PIT | Ziggy Palffy Snap Shot - Assists: S. Gonchar & M. Recchi |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:26 | BUF | Paul Gaustad Snap Shot - Assists: T. Lydman & A. Kotalik |
| 16:57 | PIT | Mark Recchi Snap Shot - Assists: S. Crosby & Z. Palffy |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| 04:39 | BUF | Jochen Hecht Tip-In - Assists: T. Connolly & T. Lydman |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:13 | PIT | Dick Tarnstrom : Tripping - 2 min |
| 13:24 | PIT | Sidney Crosby : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:56 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 06:14 | PIT | Michal Sivek : Holding - 2 min |
| 06:34 | PIT | Guillaume Lefebvre : Holding - 2 min |
| 13:57 | PIT | Josef Melichar : Tripping - 2 min |
| 18:24 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:02 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Interference - 2 min |
| 05:55 | BUF | Ales Kotalik : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
PIT |
12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
BUF |
10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 41 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
PIT |
29 M. Fleury (L) | 29 - 32 | 8 - 8 | 1 - 1 | 38 - 41 | 0.927 | 64:39 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 24 - 26 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 26 - 28 | 0.929 | 64:31 |
| Skater Stats |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:59 | 0:50 | 2:00 | 10:49 |
| 7 R. Scuderi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 | 0:00 | 4:35 | 15:12 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:27 | 4:56 | 0:48 | 23:11 |
| 27 R. Fata | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:35 | 0:48 | 4:03 | 14:26 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:18 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 10:08 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 15:08 | 3:26 | 4:02 | 22:36 |
| 18 M. Murley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:14 | 0:16 | 2:44 | 13:14 |
| 5 R. Jackman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:34 | 5:51 | 1:03 | 22:28 |
| 24 L. Odelein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 13:51 | 0:58 | 1:39 | 16:28 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:17 | 0:00 | 3:15 | 9:32 |
| 23 D. Tarnstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:01 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 18:47 |
| 33 Z. Palffy | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:37 | 6:00 | 0:06 | 23:43 |
| 36 A. Roy | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:49 |
| 44 B. Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 | 0:48 | 2:42 | 18:51 |
| 55 S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 | 7:31 | 4:41 | 24:03 |
| 66 M. Lemieux | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 19:17 |
| 71 K. Koltsov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 14:55 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 15:43 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15:58 | 5:34 | 0:00 | 21:32 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 32 T. Lydman | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:40 | 3:24 | 4:01 | 24:05 |
| 8 R. Fitzpatrick | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 | 0:00 | 4:33 | 21:02 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 | 0:02 | 4:33 | 21:07 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15:01 | 1:05 | 0:16 | 16:22 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 | 4:36 | 0:27 | 18:38 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:10 | 4:54 | 2:58 | 20:02 |
| C. Drury | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 13:29 | 2:39 | 2:57 | 19:05 |
| 14 T. Pyatt | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:02 | 0:25 | 1:34 | 10:01 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 14:33 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14:07 | 5:16 | 1:30 | 20:53 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:10 | 4:34 | 1:26 | 19:10 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7:38 | 1:05 | 2:08 | 10:51 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 6:06 | 2:51 | 0:14 | 9:11 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:17 | 4:36 | 1:41 | 19:34 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:32 | 0:55 | 1:12 | 9:39 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14:31 | 2:39 | 3:47 | 20:57 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 2:45 | 0:14 | 15:45 |
| 74 J. McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 | 0:00 | 4:01 | 19:57 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 12050 |
| Referees | Blaine Angus, Kerry Fraser |
| Linesmen | David Brisebois, Scott Driscoll |