| FINAL SCORE | |
| Hurricanes | 4 |
| Sabres | 4 |
| SHOTS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Hurricanes | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| Sabres | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| GOALS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Hurricanes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sabres | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| HURRICANES | 11:31 | AFINOGENOV 3 (LECAVALIER, GABORIK) |
| HURRICANES | 14:29 | REICHEL 3 (CALDER, CZERKAWSKI) (PP) |
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| HURRICANES | 02:51 | FRIESEN 5 (GABORIK, LECAVALIER) |
| SABRES | 04:07 | CAMMALLERI 6 (STOLL, AUCOIN) |
| SABRES | 09:17 | LEHTINEN 3 (BLAKE, JOKINEN) (PP) |
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| SABRES | 05:49 | BURNS 2 (STAAL, BLAKE) |
| SABRES | 11:54 | JOKINEN 1 (LEHTINEN, BLAKE) |
| HURRICANES | 14:14 | KABERLE 2 (LYDMAN, CZERKAWSKI) (PP) |
| OVERTIME | ||
| NO SCORING | ||
| PENALTIES SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| D. HATCHER CAR (BOARDING, Minor) 08:15 | ||
| O. JOKINEN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:15 | ||
| O. JOKINEN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 11:08 | ||
| J. FRIESEN CAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:18 | ||
| A. BABCHUK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:38 | ||
| E. MALKIN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:21 | ||
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| R. BONK CAR (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 05:29 | ||
| D. SEIDENBERG BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:29 | ||
| K. CALDER CAR (HOOKING, Minor) 10:22 | ||
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| T. LYDMAN CAR (HOOKING, Minor) 07:17 | ||
| O. JOKINEN BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 13:03 | ||
| A. BABCHUK BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:26 |
| GOALIE STATISTICS | TMTeam | SAVES - SHOTS | SStatus W=Win L=Lose T=Tie |
TOTALWin-Lose-Tie |
| Ryan Miller | CAR | 11 saves out of 13 shots | ||
| Robert Esche | CAR | 10 saves out of 12 shots | T | 0-0-1 |
| Mike Smith | BUF | 25 saves out of 29 shots | T | 2-5-1 |
| POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS | |
| Hurricanes | 2 for 5 |
| Sabres | 1 for 4 |
| GAME STARS | ||
| 1 | Olli Jokinen | BUF |
| 2 | Jeff Friesen | CAR |
| 3 | Marian Gaborik | CAR |
| PLAYER STATISTICS |
| Hurricanes | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Kyle Calder | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Derian Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Dave Scatchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Dan Boyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Toni Lydman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| Frantisek Kaberle | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Robert Reichel | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Shean Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Matt Pettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Stephane Robidas | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Ethan Moreau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Jeff Friesen | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Marian Gaborik | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Sabres | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Jason Blake | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Mike Cammalleri | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Anton Babchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Brent Burns | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Craig MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jarret Stoll | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Olli Jokinen | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Eric Staal | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| David Backes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Blake Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| FINANCIAL | |
| Attendance | 17500 |
| Net Profit | $756,000.00 |
| GAME NOTES |
| Robert Esche enters game at 15:59 of 2nd period |
| Ryan Miller injured at 15:59 of the 2nd Period |
| Evgeni Malkin injured at 02:48 of the 3rd Period |
| MINOR LEAGUE BOX SCORE |
| FINAL SCORE | |
| Checkers | 2 |
| Americans | 8 |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| Brett Clark 1 (Vitali Yachmenev, Zdenek Blatny) |
| Brett Clark 2 (Patrick Dwyer, Peter Sarno) |
| Rob Davison 1 (Chris Campoli, Mark Stuart) |
| Boyd Gordon 4 (Eric Belanger, Craig Mills) |
| Boyd Gordon 5 (Brian White, Manny Malhotra) |
| Mason Raymond 5 (Greg Zanon, Matt Niskanen) |
| Greg Zanon 1 (David Booth, Joe Vitale) |
| Eric Belanger 6 (Petr Prucha, Mike Santorelli) |
| Eric Belanger 7 (Matt Moulson, Mikhail Kuleshov) |
| Manny Malhotra 2 (Keith Ballard, Denis Shvidki) |
| GOALIES |
| Checkers: Milan Hnilicka |
| Americans: J-F Damphousse |