
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:11 | MTL | Tomas Plekanec (5) Snap Shot - Assists: R. Bourque (3) & A. Emelin (2) |
| 04:26 | BUF | Steve Ott (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Hecht (3) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 12:31 | MTL | Brendan Gallagher (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Prust (2) & R. Diaz (9) |
| 13:06 | BUF | Tyler Ennis (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Foligno (5) |
| 18:32 | MTL | PPG - P.K. Subban (2) Slap Shot - Assists: A. Markov (6) & M. Pacioretty (6) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:45 | MTL | Tomas Plekanec (6) Snap Shot - Assists: B. Gionta (3) & R. Bourque (4) |
| 07:57 | BUF | PPG - Thomas Vanek (9) Backhand - Assists: T. Ennis (4) & M. Foligno (6) |
| 19:58 | BUF | Thomas Vanek (10) Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Ott (3) & T. Ennis (5) |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Thomas Vanek | BUF | Goal |
| Alex Galchenyuk | MTL | Goal |
| Tyler Ennis | BUF | Save |
| Rene Bourque | MTL | Save |
| Jason Pominville | BUF | Goal |
| Brian Gionta | MTL | Save |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:15 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Interference - 2 min |
| 14:48 | MTL | Brendan Gallagher : Boarding - 2 min |
| 14:48 | MTL | Brendan Gallagher served by Erik Cole : Roughing - 2 min |
| 14:48 | BUF | TJ Brennan : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:50 | MTL | Colby Armstrong : Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min |
| 04:04 | MTL | Rene Bourque : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:16 | MTL | Erik Cole : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 14:57 | MTL | Brian Gionta : Holding - 2 min |
| 17:06 | BUF | Cody Hodgson : Hooking - 2 min |
| 17:39 | BUF | Steve Ott : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:32 | MTL | Ryan White : Roughing - 2 min |
| 07:32 | MTL | Ryan White : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:37 | BUF | Jochen Hecht : Hooking - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
MTL |
13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 |
BUF |
10 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 40 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MTL |
30 P. Budaj (L) | 23 - 26 | 12 - 13 | 1 - 1 | 36 - 40 | 0.900 | 64:50 |
BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 22 - 25 | 5 - 6 | 1 - 1 | 28 - 32 | 0.875 | 63:31 |
| Skater Stats |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 B. Prust | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:06 | 0:05 | 4:16 | 14:27 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:52 | 1:50 | 5:29 | 23:11 |
| 17 R. Bourque | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16:37 | 1:50 | 1:06 | 19:33 |
| 20 C. Armstrong | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 9:13 | 0:05 | 3:45 | 13:03 |
| 21 B. Gionta | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16:16 | 1:50 | 0:15 | 18:21 |
| 26 J. Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 | 0:00 | 5:28 | 19:55 |
| 27 A. Galchenyuk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:13 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 10:40 |
| 51 D. Desharnais | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 2:38 | 0:23 | 16:40 |
| 53 R. White | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6:44 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 8:43 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 | 2:22 | 0:46 | 20:52 |
| 61 R. Diaz | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:09 | 2:47 | 5:41 | 23:37 |
| 67 M. Pacioretty | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 11:23 | 2:38 | 0:34 | 14:35 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 11:50 | 2:11 | 0:00 | 14:01 |
| 11 B. Gallagher | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6:44 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 8:44 |
| 74 A. Emelin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | 0:00 | 4:47 | 19:36 |
| 76 P. Subban | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 | 3:46 | 0:46 | 21:02 |
| 79 A. Markov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 4:11 | 5:00 | 25:00 |
| 81 L. Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 | 2:05 | 3:55 | 16:10 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 | 3:39 | 2:50 | 23:23 |
| 6 M. Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 | 0:02 | 3:39 | 18:23 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:14 |
| 9 S. Ott | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11:02 | 3:56 | 1:29 | 16:27 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:46 | 6:08 | 1:46 | 27:40 |
| 19 C. Hodgson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 14:22 | 4:02 | 1:38 | 20:02 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:06 | 4:37 | 1:43 | 18:26 |
| 25 M. Grigorenko | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 10:34 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 8 | 15:31 | 7:30 | 0:55 | 23:56 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 | 6:09 | 2:26 | 22:30 |
| 32 J. Scott | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:16 |
| 3 T. Brennan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10:56 | 3:51 | 0:00 | 14:47 |
| 42 N. Gerbe | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:11 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 9:04 |
| 52 A. Sulzer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 | 0:02 | 2:34 | 18:01 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:50 | 0:02 | 2:31 | 16:23 |
| 57 T. Myers | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 | 2:37 | 2:17 | 20:46 |
| 63 T. Ennis | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:04 | 7:10 | 0:00 | 22:14 |
| 82 M. Foligno | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 | 5:16 | 1:31 | 20:57 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18866 |
| Referees | Tim Peel, Mike Hasenfratz |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Scott Cherrey |