| Pittsburgh 1 0 2 0_4 | |||
| Dallas 1 1 1 0_3 | |||
| Pittsburgh won shootout 3-2 | |||
| First Period_1, Dallas, Ja.Benn 18 (Ott, Burish), 15:25. 2, Pittsburgh, Sullivan 12 (Dupuis, Orpik), 18:53. Penalties_Ja.Benn, Dal (tripping), 5:26 | Nystrom, Dal (roughing), 9:55 | Malkin, Pit (interference), 11:00. | |
| Second Period_3, Dallas, Souray 6 (Eriksson, Ribeiro), 19:47. Penalties_Ott, Dal (holding), :21 | Larsen, Dal (interference), 4:32 | Robidas, Dal (hooking), 8:40 | Vitale, Pit (hooking), 13:35. |
| Third Period_4, Pittsburgh, Adams 4 (Staal), 3:33. 5, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 18 (Martin, Malkin), 4:12. 6, Dallas, Ryder 26 (Eriksson, Daley), 7:23. Penalties_Malkin, Pit, double minor (roughing), 8:24 | Nystrom, Dal (roughing), 8:24 | Orpik, Pit (hooking), 19:46. | |
| Overtime_None. Penalties_None. | |||
| Shootout_Pittsburgh 3 (Neal G, Malkin NG, Kunitz G, Dupuis G), Dallas 2 (Eriksson G, Ribeiro NG, Ja.Benn G, Ryder NG). | |||
| Shots on Goal_Pittsburgh 7-11-9-2_29. Dallas 10-12-8-3_33. | |||
| Power-play opportunities_Pittsburgh 0 of 5 | Dallas 0 of 4. | ||
| Goalies_Pittsburgh, Fleury 33-14-3 (33 shots-30 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 24-15-4 (29-26). | |||
| A_17,455 (18,532). T_2:49. | |||
| Referees_Gord Dwyer, Tim Peel. Linesmen_Thor Nelson, Scott Cherrey. |