| Washington 0 1 1_2 | |||
| Buffalo 4 0 0_4 | |||
| First Period_1, Buffalo, Pominville 12 (Stafford, Leopold), :51 (pp). 2, Buffalo, Ellis 2, 3:10. 3, Buffalo, Ehrhoff 3 (Hecht, Vanek), 11:15. 4, Buffalo, McNabb 1 (Boyes, Roy), 14:14 (pp). Penalties_Hamrlik, Was (delay of game), :09 | Kaleta, Buf (tripping), 8:11 | Ovechkin, Was (tripping), 12:39 | Weber, Buf (tripping), 19:16. |
| Second Period_5, Washington, Hendricks 1 (Perreault), 19:43. Penalties_Ward, Was (hooking), 5:23 | McNabb, Buf (high-sticking), 8:53. | ||
| Third Period_6, Washington, Ovechkin 12 (Backstrom, Wideman), 9:51 (pp). Penalties_Kaleta, Buf (tripping), 9:07 | Laich, Was (tripping), 10:11 | Perreault, Was (charging), 17:06. | |
| Shots on Goal_Washington 9-5-8_22. Buffalo 8-5-10_23. | |||
| Power-play opportunities_Washington 1 of 4 | Buffalo 2 of 5. | ||
| Goalies_Washington, Neuvirth 5-7-2 (6 shots-3 saves), Vokoun (11:15 first, 17-16). Buffalo, Miller 9-8-2 (22-20). | |||
| A_18,690 (18,690). T_2:21. | |||
| Referees_Greg Kimmerly, Wes McCauley. Linesmen_Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik. |
