| FINAL SCORE | |
| Sabres | 2 |
| Devils | 7 |
| SHOTS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Sabres | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Devils | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| GOALS | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| Sabres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Devils | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| DEVILS | 13:01 | BOULERICE 1 (MALAKHOV, CONROY) |
| DEVILS | 18:27 | DRURY 3 (CONROY, MITCHELL) (SH) |
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| DEVILS | 07:14 | GONCHAR 1 (PARISE, GUERIN) |
| SABRES | 12:28 | MALKIN 1 (STAAL, BURNS) |
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| DEVILS | 11:00 | GONCHAR 2 (SAKIC, PARISE) (SH) |
| SABRES | 13:31 | ROZSIVAL 1 (DESJARDINS, CAMMALLERI) (PP) |
| DEVILS | 15:28 | MALAKHOV 1 (UNASSISTED) |
| DEVILS | 16:47 | SAKIC 4 (GONCHAR, GUERIN) |
| DEVILS | 18:28 | MALAKHOV 2 (DRURY, KOIVU) |
| PENALTIES SUMMARY | ||
| 1ST PERIOD | ||
| S. HORCOFF NJD (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 01:26 | ||
| S. O'DONNELL NJD (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:39 | ||
| 2ND PERIOD | ||
| J. LEHTINEN BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:08 | ||
| W. MITCHELL NJD (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:08 | ||
| W. MITCHELL NJD (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:00 | ||
| 3RD PERIOD | ||
| G. MARSHALL NJD (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:24 | ||
| M. CULLEN NJD (BOARDING, Minor) 10:51 | ||
| B. COBURN NJD (BOARDING, Minor) 12:34 |
| GOALIE STATISTICS | TMTeam | SAVES - SHOTS | SStatus W=Win L=Lose T=Tie |
TOTALWin-Lose-Tie |
| Mike Smith | BUF | 17 saves out of 22 shots | L | 1-4-0 |
| Marc Denis | BUF | 0 saves out of 2 shots | ||
| Martin Brodeur | NJD | 22 saves out of 24 shots | W | 3-3-0 |
| POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS | |
| Sabres | 1 for 6 |
| Devils | 0 for 0 |
| GAME STARS | ||
| 1 | Vladimir Malakhov | NJD |
| 2 | Sergei Gonchar | NJD |
| 3 | Chris Drury | NJD |
| PLAYER STATISTICS |
| Sabres | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Jason Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Mike Cammalleri | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jere Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Michal Rozsival | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Andrew Ference | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Anton Babchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Brent Burns | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Craig MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jarret Stoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Olli Jokinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Eric Staal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| David Backes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Blake Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Devils | ||||||||
| GGoals | AAssits | PPoints | +/-Differential | PIMPenalty in minutes | SShots | HTHit | ITIce Time | |
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Sean O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Bill Guerin | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Chris Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Joe Sakic | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| Braydon Coburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Shawn Horcoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Mikko Koivu | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Craig Conroy | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Grant Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Raffi Torres | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Matt Cullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Sergei Gonchar | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Jesse Boulerice | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Zach Parise | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Anton Volchenkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| FINANCIAL | |
| Attendance | 17500 |
| Net Profit | $819,000.00 |
| GAME NOTES |
| Marc Denis enters game at 15:28 of 3rd period |
| MINOR LEAGUE BOX SCORE |
| FINAL SCORE | |
| Americans | 11 |
| River Rats | 2 |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| Boyd Gordon 1 (Matt Moulson, Petr Prucha) |
| Eric Belanger 2 (Joe Vitale, Jim Vandermeer) |
| Mikhail Kuleshov 1 (Craig Mills, Brian White) |
| Brian White 1 (Keith Ballard, Matt Niskanen) |
| Matt Niskanen 1 (Chuck Kobasew, Mike Santorelli) |
| Chris Campoli 1 (Mark Stuart, Mason Raymond) |
| Chris Campoli 2 (David Booth, Krys Kolanos) |
| Mikhail Kuleshov 2 (Greg Zanon, Denis Shvidki) |
| Mason Raymond 1 (Manny Malhotra, Rob Davison) |
| Krys Kolanos 2 (Mike Santorelli, Jim Vandermeer) |
| Mason Raymond 2 (Petr Prucha, Chuck Kobasew) |
| Mike Rupp 1 (Sean Avery, Mattias Norstrom) |
| Jerred Smithson 1 (Ryan Callahan, Landon Wilson) |
| GOALIES |
| Americans: Kari Lehtonen |
| River Rats: Tuukka Rask |