

| Team Scoring | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BUF | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Goals |
|---|
| Montreal - FERENCE (1), TKACHUK (1), CORVO (1) |
| Buffalo - BUTSAYEV (3), ZUBOV (1), BRIERE (1), BOURQUE (1), RYDER (1) |
| Shots | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| BUF | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| Goaltenders |
|---|
| Montreal - Ray Emery (8 SV) L |
| Buffalo - Johan Hedberg (27 SV) W |
| Power Play | |
|---|---|
| Montreal | 0 of 4 |
| Buffalo | 0 of 2 |
| Financials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 16750 | |
| Net Profit | $1,206,000 | |
| 1ST PERIOD |
|---|
| M. MOULSON MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 11:14 |
| J. ODUYA MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:14 |
| K. FOSTER BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 14:14 |
| B. RICHARDS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 19:03 |
| 2ND PERIOD |
|---|
| N. DIMITRAKOS MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:12 |
| 3RD PERIOD |
|---|
| Y. BUTSAYEV BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 13:50 |
| J. LILES BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 14:35 |
| 1ST PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 04:39 | FERENCE 3 (DIMITRAKOS) | 1-0 |
| BUFFALO | 04:51 | ZUBOV 2 (UNASSISTED) | 1-1 |
| 2ND PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO | 11:30 | BRIERE 8 (VARADA, JONSSON) | 1-2 |
| BUFFALO | 11:55 | BUTSAYEV 9 (HEINZE, LILES) | 1-3 |
| BUFFALO | 12:24 | BUTSAYEV 10 (HEINZE, DRURY) | 1-4 |
| MONTREAL | 16:22 | TKACHUK 11 (DAIGLE, ALFREDSSON) | 2-4 |
| BUFFALO | 17:43 | BOURQUE 2 (RICHARDS, RYDER) | 2-5 |
| 3RD PERIOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTREAL | 12:36 | CORVO 5 (DAIGLE, SULLIVAN) | 3-5 |
| BUFFALO | 16:50 | BUTSAYEV 11 (RYDER, JONSSON) | 3-6 |
| BUFFALO | 17:18 | RYDER 3 (DRURY, ZUBOV) | 3-7 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Daigle | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Andrew Ference | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Joe Corvo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| Steve Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Adam Foote | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Craig Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Daymond Langkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Gary Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Jesse Winchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Oduya | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Matt Moulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Sean Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Stephane Yelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Emery | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | L | 3-1-0 |
| Niklas Backstrom | 4 | 6 | 0.667 |
| Name | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PIM | HT | IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri Butsayev | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Michael Ryder | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Sergei Zubov | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Chris Drury | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Kenny Jonsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Steve Heinze | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Daniel Briere | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Rene Bourque | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Brad Richards | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| John-Michael Liles | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Vaclav Varada | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Andrei Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Cody McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Tambellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurtis Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Matt Hendricks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Owen Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Name | S | SA | SV% | W/L | REC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Hedberg | 27 | 30 | 0.9 | W | 6-5-1 |
| Niklas Backstrom enters game at 17:43 of 2nd period |
| Yuri Butsayev scores a hat trick |
| 1 | Yuri Butsayev | BUF |
| 2 | Michael Ryder | BUF |
| 3 | Sergei Zubov | BUF |


| Goalies |
|---|
| Yellowknif: Manny Legace |
| Baltimore: Corey Crawford |
| Scoring Summary |
|---|
| Brad Richardson 6 (Konstantin Koltsov, Jay McClement) |
| Clarke MacArthur 4 (James Wisniewski, Mikko Koivu) |
| Clarke MacArthur 5 (Brian Savage, Andrew Alberts) |
| unknown (Travis Zajac, David Backes) |
| Travis Zajac 4 (Marek Malik, Mike Green) |
| Mikko Koivu 3 (Chris Kunitz, Joni Pitkanen) |
| Brian Savage 1 (Kristian Huselius, Antti Miettinen) |