| FINAL SCORE | |
| Sabres | 5 |
| Kings | 1 |
| SHOTS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Sabres | 16 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| Kings | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| GOALS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Sabres | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Kings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| SABRES | 10:44 | CAMMALLERI 2 (AUCOIN, ROZSIVAL) |
| KINGS | 13:19 | TENKRAT 1 (QUINT) (PP) |
| SABRES | 15:07 | BACKES 1 (FERENCE, MACDONALD) |
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| NO SCORING | ||
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| SABRES | 04:34 | BLAKE 2 (STOLL, FERENCE) (PP) |
| SABRES | 12:10 | LEHTINEN 1 (BLAKE, BABCHUK) (PP) |
| SABRES | 19:55 | MACDONALD 1 (BACKES, BERGERON) |
| PENALTIES SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| J. STOLL BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:30 | ||
| E. DESJARDINS BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 11:53 | ||
| B. BURNS BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 16:44 | ||
| R. MARTINEK LAK (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:44 | ||
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| B. WHEELER BUF (CHARGING, Double Minor) 06:59 | ||
| M. CAMMALLERI BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:19 | ||
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| M. ROZSIVAL BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 01:40 | ||
| P. TENKRAT LAK (HOOKING, Minor) 01:40 | ||
| B. ISBISTER LAK (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 01:51 | ||
| C. SIMON LAK (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 11:05 |
| GOALIE STATISTICS | TMTeam | SAVES - SHOTS | SStatus W=Win L=Lose T=Tie |
TOTALWin-Lose-Tie |
| Mike Smith | BUF | 29 saves out of 30 shots | W | 1-1-0 |
| Jimmy Waite | LAK | 0 saves out of 0 shots | ||
| Jamie Storr | LAK | 28 saves out of 33 shots | L | 1-1-0 |
| POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS | |
| Sabres | 2 for 3 |
| Kings | 1 for 5 |
| GAME STARS | ||
| 1 | Mike Smith | BUF |
| 2 | David Backes | BUF |
| 3 | Craig MacDonald | BUF |
| PLAYER STATISTICS |
| Sabres | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| Jason Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Mike Cammalleri | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Michal Rozsival | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Anton Babchuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Brent Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Craig MacDonald | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jarret Stoll | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
| Olli Jokinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Eric Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| David Backes | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Blake Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Kings | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Luc Robitaille | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Brad Lukowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Jim Dowd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Petr Tenkrat | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Brian Boyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Teppo Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Scott Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Radek Martinek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Tim Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Tomas Plihal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Deron Quint | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Jan Hlavac | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Brad Isbister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| David Nemirovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Rob Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| Jozef Stumpel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| FINANCIAL | |
| Attendance | 17500 |
| Net Profit | $735,000.00 |
| GAME NOTES |
| Jimmy Waite enters game at 19:55 of 3rd period |
| MINOR LEAGUE BOX SCORE |
| FINAL SCORE | |
| Americans | 3 |
| Nighthawks | 2 |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| Krys Kolanos 1 (Matt Niskanen, Boyd Gordon) |
| Mark Stuart 1 (Rob Davison, Craig Mills) |
| David Booth 3 (Denis Shvidki, Manny Malhotra) |
| Tomas Kurka 1 (Matt Higgins, Devin Setoguchi) |
| Darryl Bootland 2 (Jeff Zehr, Mike Lundin) |
| GOALIES |
| Americans: J-F Damphousse |
| Nighthawks: Adam Berkhoel |