| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:24 | NSH | PPG - Jason Arnott (7) Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Sullivan (6) & S. Weber (8) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:41 | NSH | PPG - Martin Erat (3) Slap Shot - Assists: J. Ward (7) & D. Legwand (8) |
| 06:38 | DET | Drew Miller (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Cleary (9) & J. Ericsson (7) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 17:40 | NSH | Martin Erat (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Tootoo (2) & D. Hamhuis (5) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:45 | DET | Todd Bertuzzi : Interference - 2 min |
| 16:37 | NSH | Cody Franson : Interference - 2 min |
| 19:41 | DET | Tomas Holmstrom : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:12 | DET | Tomas Holmstrom : Closing hand on puck - 2 min |
| 10:05 | NSH | Martin Erat : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 13:51 | DET | Todd Bertuzzi : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
DET |
9 | 6 | 16 | 31 |
NSH |
11 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
DET |
30 C. Osgood (L) | 19 - 20 | 3 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 22 - 25 | 0.880 | 58:39 |
NSH |
35 P. Rinne (W) | 25 - 26 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 30 - 31 | 0.968 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
DET |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 N. Lidstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:53 | 2:43 | 2:32 | 23:08 |
| 8 J. Abdelkader | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:14 |
| 11 D. Cleary | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 | 1:59 | 2:37 | 19:21 |
| 13 P. Datsyuk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:40 | 1:56 | 1:55 | 21:31 |
| 7 D. Meech | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 | 1:17 | 0:00 | 14:19 |
| 17 P. Eaves | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:21 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 10:21 |
| 20 D. Miller | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:46 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 12:48 |
| 23 V. Leino | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:00 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 14:59 |
| 23 B. Lebda | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:37 |
| 7 B. Stuart | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:00 | 1:18 | 3:55 | 22:13 |
| 24 B. May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:11 |
| 28 B. Rafalski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:59 | 2:42 | 2:20 | 26:01 |
| 33 K. Draper | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:58 |
| 40 H. Zetterberg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:57 | 2:01 | 2:21 | 19:19 |
| 43 D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:46 | 0:00 | 2:23 | 11:09 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16:29 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 18:33 |
| 52 J. Ericsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 | 0:00 | 4:31 | 18:42 |
| 96 T. Holmstrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16:17 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 18:18 |
NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 D. Hamhuis | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 | 0:03 | 2:25 | 20:58 |
| 6 S. Weber | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 23:10 |
| 8 K. Klein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 19:24 |
| 57 M. Goc | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:47 | 0:09 | 1:05 | 13:01 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12:22 | 2:31 | 0:32 | 15:25 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 | 2:36 | 2:21 | 20:04 |
| 0 A. Thuresson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:57 |
| 15 M. Santorelli | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:31 |
| 44 J. Arnott | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 13:36 | 4:12 | 0:00 | 17:48 |
| 20 R. Suter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 4:33 | 2:29 | 23:42 |
| 22 J. Tootoo | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:27 | 0:09 | 0:28 | 13:04 |
| 52 J. Smithson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 | 0:00 | 2:23 | 16:38 |
| 15 S. Sullivan | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 | 4:02 | 0:00 | 15:08 |
| 27 P. Hornqvist | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:42 |
| 42 J. Ward | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 | 2:18 | 1:11 | 19:17 |
| 4 C. Franson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:13 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 12:16 |
| 55 F. Bouillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 | 2:03 | 1:31 | 20:40 |
| 71 J. Dumont | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 16:15 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 14410 |
| Referees | Chris Lee, Tom Kowal |
| Linesmen | Scott Driscoll, Andy McElman |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | p - CHI | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 155 | 102 | 77 | |
| 2 | y - ANA | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 140 | 118 | 66 | |
| 3 | y - VAN | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 127 | 121 | 59 | |
| 4 | x - STL | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 129 | 115 | 60 | |
| 5 | x - LAK | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 133 | 118 | 59 | |
| 6 | x - SJS | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 124 | 116 | 57 | |
| 7 | x - DET | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 124 | 115 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - MIN | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 122 | 127 | 55 | |
| 9 | CBJ | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 120 | 119 | 55 | |
| 10 | PHX | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 125 | 131 | 51 | |
| 11 | DAL | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 130 | 142 | 48 | |
| 12 | EDM | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 125 | 134 | 45 | |
| 13 | CGY | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | NSH | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 111 | 139 | 41 | |
| 15 | COL | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 116 | 152 | 39 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| S. Weber | 48 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| D. Legwand | 48 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| M. Fisher | 38 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| C. Wilson | 25 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| R. Josi | 48 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| G. Bourque | 34 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| S. Kostitsyn | 46 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| P. Hornqvist | 24 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| K. Klein | 47 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| N. Spaling | 47 | 9 | 4 | -10 | 13 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| P. Rinne | 15 | 16 | 8 | .910 | 2.43 |
| C. Mason | 1 | 7 | 1 | .873 | 3.73 |
