| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 08:17 | NJD | Ilya Kovalchuk (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: H. Tallinder (2) & A. Greene (7) |
| 09:26 | NJD | Petr Sykora (4) Backhand - Assists: A. Larsson (4) & A. Greene (8) |
| 11:49 | NJD | Dainius Zubrus (6) Snap Shot - Assists: P. Elias (11) & M. Brodeur (2) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:28 | FLA | Kris Versteeg (10) Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Weiss (12) & D. Kulikov (14) |
| 10:40 | FLA | Kris Versteeg (11) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Garrison (3) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:12 | FLA | SHG - Stephen Weiss (8) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Garrison (4) & M. Weaver (8) |
| 17:57 | FLA | Tomas Fleischmann (9) Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Weiss (13) & K. Versteeg (14) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:38 | NJD | Ilya Kovalchuk : Roughing - 2 min |
| 03:44 | NJD | Bryce Salvador : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:24 | FLA | Shawn Matthias : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 02:24 | NJD | Rod Pelley : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 02:49 | FLA | Stephen Weiss : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:42 | NJD | Andy Greene : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:20 | NJD | Henrik Tallinder : Delaying the game - 2 min |
| 08:25 | FLA | Tomas Fleischmann : Holding - 2 min |
| 09:00 | FLA | Jack Skille : Interference - 2 min |
| 13:22 | NJD | Bryce Salvador : Delaying the game - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NJD |
13 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
FLA |
10 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (L) | 23 - 26 | 8 - 8 | 1 - 2 | 32 - 36 | 0.889 | 58:40 |
FLA |
60 J. Theodore (W) | 18 - 21 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 22 - 25 | 0.880 | 59:57 |
| Skater Stats |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 A. Larsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 | 1:27 | 2:15 | 24:41 |
| 6 A. Greene | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:51 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 19:26 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:41 | 0:04 | 4:44 | 24:29 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 | 2:23 | 3:13 | 20:35 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 | 3:02 | 3:55 | 23:16 |
| 14 R. Pelley | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:49 |
| 0 B. Mills | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:05 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 8:11 |
| 14 A. Henrique | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 | 1:00 | 3:36 | 19:34 |
| 15 P. Sykora | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:26 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 17:14 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 18:21 | 3:35 | 0:41 | 22:37 |
| 20 R. Carter | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 | 0:00 | 0:29 | 10:38 |
| 21 M. Tedenby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 9:12 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 9:17 |
| 23 D. Clarkson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | 1:37 | 0:00 | 14:10 |
| 24 B. Salvador | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 18:35 | 0:01 | 1:53 | 20:29 |
| 25 C. Janssen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:09 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | 3:00 | 3:28 | 22:02 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:54 |
| 29 M. Fayne | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 | 0:38 | 3:55 | 23:49 |
FLA |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 K. Ellerby | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 9:50 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 10:06 |
| 7 D. Kulikov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 | 4:26 | 0:36 | 23:31 |
| 46 T. Kennedy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6:43 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 7:15 |
| 9 S. Weiss | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16:07 | 5:27 | 1:23 | 22:57 |
| 12 J. Skille | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 13:11 | 0:16 | 0:42 | 14:09 |
| 15 M. Santorelli | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 | 0:21 | 0:00 | 14:04 |
| 14 T. Fleischmann | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16:06 | 5:23 | 0:12 | 21:41 |
| 16 M. Sturm | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 | 2:16 | 0:24 | 14:02 |
| 18 S. Matthias | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 10:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:39 |
| 20 S. Bergenheim | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 11:37 | 2:21 | 1:21 | 15:19 |
| 27 M. Repik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:46 |
| 32 K. Versteeg | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15:59 | 5:34 | 0:07 | 21:40 |
| 43 M. Weaver | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:14 | 0:05 | 3:17 | 22:36 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 | 5:34 | 0:07 | 24:51 |
| 5 J. Garrison | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:12 | 3:45 | 2:54 | 24:51 |
| 55 E. Jovanovski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 | 2:16 | 1:06 | 14:05 |
| 36 E. Dadonov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 8:40 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 8:56 |
| 82 T. Kopecky | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 12:02 | 2:39 | 1:54 | 16:35 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 13122 |
| Referees | Paul Devorski, Tom Kowal |
| Linesmen | Brian Murphy, Brian Mach |