| Florida 1 0 0 0_1 | |||
| Detroit 0 0 1 0_2 | |||
| Detroit won shootout 2-1 | |||
| First Period_1, Florida, Fleischmann 26 (Versteeg, Weiss), 17:38. Penalties_Quincey, Det (interference), 7:45 | Miller, Det (high-sticking), 9:45 | Hudler, Det (interference), 17:58 | Upshall, Fla (hooking), 18:05. |
| Second Period_None. Penalties_Bergenheim, Fla (interference), :27 | Florida bench, served by Fleischmann (too many men), 2:05 | Kindl, Det (interference), 17:08. | |
| Third Period_2, Detroit, Hudler 25 (V.Filppula, Kindl), 5:30. Penalties_Quincey, Det, served by Hudler, major-game misconduct (elbowing), 5:38 | Kulikov, Fla (tripping), 7:26. | ||
| Overtime_None. Penalties_None. | |||
| Shootout_Florida 1 (Wolski G, Samuelsson NG, Versteeg NG), Detroit 2 (Datsyuk G, Hudler G, Bertuzzi NG). | |||
| Shots on Goal_Florida 10-8-8-2_28. Detroit 7-9-15-1_32. | |||
| Power-play opportunities_Florida 0 of 6 | Detroit 0 of 3. | ||
| Goalies_Florida, Clemmensen 13-6-6 (32 shots-31 saves). Detroit, Howard 34-16-3 (28-27). | |||
| A_20,066 (20,066). T_2:37. | |||
| Referees_Ghislain Hebert, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen_Mark Shewchyk, Lonnie Cameron. |
