
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 08:50 | DET | Jakub Kindl (1) Snap Shot - Assists: T. Holmstrom (7) & J. Abdelkader (4) |
| 13:38 | DET | PPG - Johan Franzen (11) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Lidstrom (12) & P. Datsyuk (15) |
| 14:41 | DET | Valtteri Filppula (8) Wrist Shot - Assists: H. Zetterberg (9) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 13:47 | BUF | Jochen Hecht (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Pominville (18) & V. Leino (5) |
| 18:43 | DET | EN - Pavel Datsyuk (8) Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:13 | BUF | Derek Roy : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:12 | BUF | Jason Pominville : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 18:10 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Holding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:12 | DET | Justin Abdelkader : Tripping - 2 min |
| 07:16 | DET | Niklas Kronwall : Tripping - 2 min |
| 11:49 | DET | Valtteri Filppula : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:41 | BUF | Derek Roy : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:58 | DET | Jakub Kindl : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:17 | BUF | Marc-Andre Gragnani : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
DET |
18 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
BUF |
8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
DET |
35 J. Howard (W) | 20 - 21 | 7 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 28 | 0.964 | 60:00 |
BUF |
1 J. Enroth (L) | 24 - 26 | 8 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 32 - 35 | 0.914 | 59:40 |
| Skater Stats |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. Kindl | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:23 |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 | 5:03 | 3:36 | 23:29 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:05 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 | 0:15 | 3:05 | 15:05 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:41 | 4:16 | 1:03 | 18:00 |
| 18 I. White | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:01 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 20:17 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9:17 | 0:00 | 2:14 | 11:31 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | 0:15 | 3:55 | 19:02 |
| 24 J. Hudler | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:47 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 13:57 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 | 4:10 | 2:48 | 19:40 |
| 14 C. Conner | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:01 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 13:39 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 | 0:00 | 2:50 | 15:17 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 4:05 | 0:00 | 15:42 |
| 51 V. Filppula | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12:04 | 3:55 | 2:16 | 18:15 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 | 0:00 | 5:02 | 19:03 |
| 55 N. Kronwall | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:44 | 3:23 | 3:21 | 20:28 |
| 93 J. Franzen | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11:52 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 16:08 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6:56 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 11:02 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 52 J. Finley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 7:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:51 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9:41 | 4:18 | 0:40 | 14:39 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 20:21 | 4:37 | 3:41 | 28:39 |
| 5 M. Gragnani | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 16:26 | 4:03 | 0:57 | 21:26 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:01 | 3:45 | 0:57 | 17:43 |
| 23 V. Leino | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 | 3:54 | 0:00 | 15:49 |
| 44 R. Regehr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 5:09 | 18:40 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 14:40 | 4:15 | 1:04 | 19:59 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:29 | 0:00 | 4:47 | 16:16 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 11:21 | 4:15 | 3:38 | 19:14 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:29 | 0:00 | 2:09 | 7:38 |
| 42 N. Gerbe | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:21 | 0:07 | 1:04 | 9:32 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:44 | 3:10 | 4:45 | 21:39 |
| 9 Z. Kassian | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 13:20 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 | 0:07 | 2:33 | 15:06 |
| 63 T. Ennis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 13:03 |
| 72 L. Adam | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:26 | 2:44 | 0:00 | 13:10 |
| 81 B. McNabb | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 | 0:51 | 2:20 | 18:10 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Mike Leggo, Don VanMassenhoven |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Greg Devorski |