
Red Wings
Sabres
| FINAL SO | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | T |
| Red Wings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2-2) | 3 |
| Sabres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0-2) | 2 |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 12:55 | BUF | Andrej Sekera (2) Backhand - Assists: J. Hecht (16) & D. Stafford (13) |
| 14:59 | BUF | Michael Grier (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: A. Sekera (12) & R. Niedermayer (13) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 10:43 | DET | PPG - Pavel Datsyuk (18) Snap Shot - Assists: N. Lidstrom (37) & H. Zetterberg (49) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 19:02 | DET | Jiri Hudler (7) Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Cleary (16) & J. Franzen (20) |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Drew Stafford | BUF | Save |
| Pavel Datsyuk | DET | Goal |
| Thomas Vanek | BUF | Save |
| Jiri Hudler | DET | Goal |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:31 | BUF | Patrick Kaleta : Kneeing - 2 min |
| 07:52 | DET | Brad Stuart : Tripping - 2 min |
| 10:12 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
DET |
7 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
BUF |
15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
DET |
35 J. MacDonald (W) | 28 - 30 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 30 - 32 | 0.938 | 64:54 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (L) | 32 - 33 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 35 - 37 | 0.946 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. Kindl | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:51 |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 21:52 | 1:39 | 1:01 | 24:32 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 | 0:15 | 0:40 | 12:55 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 18:03 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 18:10 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 19:49 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 21:10 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 21:47 |
| 24 R. Salei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 17:29 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:46 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 13:23 |
| 33 K. Draper | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:27 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 11:47 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 19:02 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 20:41 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 13:24 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 14:46 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 | 0:15 | 0:35 | 16:37 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:48 | 0:15 | 1:11 | 24:14 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 | 1:54 | 0:59 | 25:38 |
| 9 M. Modano | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:09 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 13:46 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:59 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 17:36 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 15:48 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 S. Montador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 | 0:00 | 0:15 | 17:36 |
| 6 M. Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:42 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 21:23 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:59 |
| 12 T. Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 | 1:00 | 0:26 | 15:11 |
| 20 R. Niedermayer | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 0:00 | 0:15 | 13:12 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 16:44 |
| 25 M. Grier | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:12 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 13:53 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 17:31 |
| 27 S. Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 20:29 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 15:31 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:09 | 1:06 | 0:35 | 17:50 |
| 44 C. Butler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 23:50 | 0:54 | 0:35 | 25:19 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 15:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:17 |
| 42 N. Gerbe | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 15:04 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 15:52 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 | 0:54 | 0:15 | 19:03 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15:45 | 0:48 | 0:35 | 17:08 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 23:23 | 1:06 | 0:35 | 25:04 |
| 63 T. Ennis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:27 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 16:27 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Mike Leggo, Don VanMassenhoven |
| Linesmen | Scott Cherrey, Brad Kovachik |