| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:51 | BUF | PPG - Jason Pominville (12) Slap Shot - Assists: D. Stafford (12) & J. Leopold (6) |
| 03:10 | BUF | Matt Ellis (2) Backhand - Assists: none |
| 11:15 | BUF | Christian Ehrhoff (3) Snap Shot - Assists: J. Hecht (1) & T. Vanek (20) |
| 14:14 | BUF | PPG - Brayden McNabb (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Boyes (7) & D. Roy (15) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 19:43 | WSH | Matt Hendricks (1) Tip-In - Assists: M. Perreault (4) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:51 | WSH | PPG - Alex Ovechkin (12) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Backstrom (23) & D. Wideman (18) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 00:09 | WSH | Roman Hamrlik : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 08:11 | BUF | Patrick Kaleta : Tripping - 2 min |
| 12:39 | WSH | Alex Ovechkin : Tripping - 2 min |
| 19:16 | BUF | Mike Weber : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:23 | WSH | Joel Ward : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:53 | BUF | Brayden McNabb : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:07 | BUF | Patrick Kaleta : Tripping - 2 min |
| 10:11 | WSH | Brooks Laich : Tripping - 2 min |
| 17:06 | WSH | Mathieu Perreault : Charging - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 WSH |
9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
 BUF |
8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| WSH |
92 T. Vokoun | 12 - 12 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 16 - 17 | 0.941 | 47:08 |
| WSH |
30 M. Neuvirth (L) | 3 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 6 | 0.500 | 11:15 |
| BUF |
30 R. Miller (W) | 14 - 15 | 6 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 20 - 22 | 0.909 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
| WSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. Erskine | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:00 |
| 26 D. Wideman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 | 4:43 | 3:52 | 24:39 |
| 8 A. Ovechkin | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15:23 | 6:13 | 0:26 | 22:02 |
| 24 J. Halpern | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:15 | 0:20 | 3:16 | 10:51 |
| 19 N. Backstrom | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 11:55 | 5:04 | 2:50 | 19:49 |
| 20 T. Brouwer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:01 | 4:13 | 1:45 | 16:59 |
| 21 B. Laich | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13:08 | 0:56 | 2:55 | 16:59 |
| 9 M. Knuble | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:58 | 0:06 | 1:53 | 11:57 |
| 25 J. Chimera | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:47 | 1:17 | 1:57 | 13:01 |
| 26 M. Hendricks | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:46 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 9:27 |
| 27 K. Alzner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 | 0:06 | 4:39 | 19:15 |
| 28 A. Semin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 | 1:47 | 0:32 | 17:25 |
| 42 J. Ward | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9:30 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 9:58 |
| 40 R. Hamrlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:13 | 0:01 | 3:35 | 20:49 |
| 74 J. Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 | 2:25 | 4:22 | 20:15 |
| 81 D. Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:49 |
| 85 M. Perreault | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:57 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 12:41 |
| 90 M. Johansson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 | 5:04 | 0:26 | 18:27 |
| BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 33 J. Leopold | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | 5:10 | 1:52 | 24:20 |
| 6 M. Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 17:41 |
| 8 C. McCormick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 11:23 |
| 15 D. Roy | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 | 3:39 | 2:53 | 20:55 |
| 10 C. Ehrhoff | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:10 | 6:03 | 0:06 | 22:19 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:57 | 3:32 | 2:11 | 16:40 |
| 24 B. Boyes | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 15:51 |
| 44 R. Regehr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 0:00 | 4:46 | 17:47 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 | 5:29 | 0:00 | 18:30 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:22 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 13:57 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:18 | 5:07 | 2:36 | 18:01 |
| 36 P. Kaleta | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 11:05 | 0:00 | 1:57 | 13:02 |
| 37 M. Ellis | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:14 |
| 44 A. Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:24 | 2:11 | 4:46 | 20:21 |
| 9 Z. Kassian | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 11:10 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 | 0:00 | 0:16 | 12:30 |
| 72 L. Adam | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:26 | 3:12 | 0:00 | 11:38 |
| 81 B. McNabb | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 14:47 | 3:04 | 0:06 | 17:57 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Greg Kimmerly, Wes McCauley |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik |
| 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 |
