| Buffalo 2 4 1_7 | ||
| Tampa Bay 0 2 1_3 | ||
| First Period_1, Buffalo, Stafford 15 (Ehrhoff), 11:31. 2, Buffalo, Pominville 26 (Hodgson, Vanek), 15:50 (pp). Penalties_Hedman, TB (holding), 15:10. | ||
| Second Period_3, Buffalo, Foligno 4 (Ennis, Stafford), 1:09. 4, Tampa Bay, Gervais 5 (Purcell), 7:12. 5, Buffalo, Tropp 3 (Vanek, Hodgson), 8:16. 6, Tampa Bay, Smith 1 (Malone, Gervais), 14:14. 7, Buffalo, Foligno 5 (Stafford, Ennis), 16:22 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Boyes 6 (McCormick, Sulzer), 17:00. Penalties_Stamkos, TB (high-sticking), 10:12 | Connolly, TB (tripping), 15:49 | Regehr, Buf (hooking), 17:11. |
| Third Period_9, Buffalo, Pominville 27, :17. 10, Tampa Bay, Malone 14 (Brewer), 14:57. Penalties_Segal, TB (high-sticking), 4:22 | Sekera, Buf (interference), 6:10. | |
| Shots on Goal_Buffalo 9-18-11_38. Tampa Bay 6-9-12_27. | ||
| Power-play opportunities_Buffalo 2 of 4 | Tampa Bay 0 of 2. | |
| Goalies_Buffalo, Miller 26-18-7 (27 shots-24 saves). Tampa Bay, Tokarski 1-3-1 (15-11), Roloson (8:16 second, 23-20). | ||
| A_17,212 (19,204). T_2:28. | ||
| Referees_Dan O’Rourke, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen_Anthony Sericolo, Mark Shewchyk. |