| Nashville 0 0 1 0_2 | |||
| San Jose 0 0 1 0_1 | |||
| Nashville won shootout 1-0 | |||
| First Period_None. Penalties_Yip, Nas (holding), :59 | Murray, SJ (slashing), 2:56 | Blum, Nas (interference), 16:15 | Boyle, SJ (interference), 19:39. |
| Second Period_None. Penalties_Murray, SJ (interference), 4:29 | Fisher, Nas (slashing), 6:05 | Marleau, SJ (high-sticking), 7:07 | Legwand, Nas (tripping), 17:01. |
| Third Period_1, Nashville, Kostitsyn 1 (Wilson), :59. 2, San Jose, Havlat 3 (Gomez), 13:39 (pp). Penalties_Nashville bench, served by C.Smith (too many men), 12:26. | |||
| Overtime_None. Penalties_Havlat, SJ (hooking), 2:48. | |||
| Shootout_Nashville 1 (Legwand NG, C.Smith G), San Jose 0 (Handzus NG, Clowe NG, Pavelski NG). | |||
| Shots on Goal_Nashville 6-7-9-2_24. San Jose 8-11-7-1_27. | |||
| Power-play opportunities_Nashville 0 of 5 | San Jose 1 of 5. | ||
| Goalies_Nashville, Rinne 2-2-3 (27 shots-26 saves). San Jose, Niemi 6-0-1 (24-23). | |||
| A_17,562 (17,562). T_2:39. | |||
| Referees_Gord Dwyer, Brad Meier. Linesmen_Andy McElman, Kiel Murchison. |
