| New Jersey 0 1 0 0_1 | ||||
| Boston 0 0 1 0_2 | ||||
| Boston won shootout 2-1 | ||||
| First Period_None. Penalties_Barch, NJ, major (fighting), 5:39 | Thornton, Bos, major (fighting), 5:39 | Ference, Bos (tripping), 15:19. | ||
| Second Period_1, New Jersey, Clarkson 4 (Zidlicky, Elias), 8:30 (pp). Penalties_Volchenkov, NJ (high-sticking), :49 | Boychuk, Bos (tripping), 7:22 | Fayne, NJ (hooking), 9:15 | Paille, Bos (goaltender interference), 11:53 | Horton, Bos (high-sticking), 14:55. |
| Third Period_2, Boston, Horton 3 (Krejci, Lucic), 15:55. Penalties_Krejci, Bos (goaltender interference), 1:32 | Zubrus, NJ (holding), 11:45. | |||
| Overtime_None. Penalties_None. | ||||
| Shootout_New Jersey 1 (Kovalchuk G, Elias NG, Zajac NG, Clarkson NG, Josefson NG, Zidlicky NG), Boston 2 (Seguin G, Bergeron NG, Horton NG, Krejci NG, Bourque NG, Marchand G). | ||||
| Shots on Goal_New Jersey 9-7-8-2_26. Boston 9-5-13-1_28. | ||||
| Power-play opportunities_New Jersey 1 of 5 | Boston 0 of 3. | |||
| Goalies_New Jersey, Hedberg 0-0-1 (28 shots-27 saves). Boston, Rask 4-0-1 (26-25). | ||||
| A_17,565 (17,565). T_2:39. | ||||
| Referees_Marc Joannette, Mark Lemelin. Linesmen_Steve Barton, Anthony Sericolo. |
