| Florida 1 2 1_4 | ||
| Buffalo 2 1 0_3 | ||
| First Period_1, Buffalo, Vanek 8 (Pominville, Hodgson), 2:46. 2, Florida, Matthias 1 (Smithson), 8:36. 3, Buffalo, Hodgson 5 (Vanek), 13:41. Penalties_Strachan, Fla, major (fighting), 8:44 | McCormick, Buf, major (fighting), 8:44. | |
| Second Period_4, Buffalo, Sulzer 2 (Vanek, Hodgson), 3:49. 5, Florida, Parros 1 (Weiss), 10:21. 6, Florida, Mueller 4 (Shore, Kopecky), 19:06. Penalties_Parros, Fla, major (fighting), 3:25 | Scott, Buf, major (fighting), 3:25 | Kulikov, Fla (tripping), 6:40. |
| Third Period_7, Florida, Campbell 4 (Kopecky, Huberdeau), 9:27 (pp). Penalties_Ehrhoff, Buf (hooking), 7:51 | Foligno, Buf (slashing), 17:20 | Ehrhoff, Buf (hooking), 20:00. |
| Shots on Goal_Florida 11-9-13_33. Buffalo 10-6-4_20. | ||
| Power-play opportunities_Florida 1 of 2 | Buffalo 0 of 1. | |
| Goalies_Florida, Theodore 3-4-0 (20 shots-17 saves). Buffalo, Miller 3-4-1 (33-29). | ||
| A_18,831 (19,070). T_2:23. | ||
| Referees_Ian Walsh, Wes McCauley. Linesmen_Brad Lazarowich, Anthony Sericolo. |
