Period 1
	Buf	NYI	Time		Scoring Detail
	1	0	10:05		Jo.Hecht 1	( Al.Kotalik, Ma.Afinogenov ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Ri.Park	NYI	2:36		Tripping
	Br.Witt	NYI	8:22		Hooking
	Mi.Comrie	NYI	13:38		Cross-checking
	Mi.Comrie	NYI	13:38		Roughing

	Period 2
	Buf	NYI	Time		Scoring Detail
	2	0	2:21		Ad.Mair 1	( Ma.Afinogenov, He.Tallinder )
	3	0	7:00		Th.Vanek 2	( Da.Paille, Cr.Rivet ) (sh)
	4	0	8:39		Ja.Pominville 1	( Al.Kotalik, Te.Numminen )
	5	0	10:32		Th.Vanek 3	( An.Sekera, Ja.Pominville ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Al.Kotalik	Buf	6:04		Interference
	Pa.Kaleta	Buf	8:43		Fighting
	Na.Thompson	NYI	8:43		Misconduct
	Na.Thompson	NYI	8:43		Fighting
	Br.Witt	NYI	8:43		Game Misconduct
	Ad.Mair	Buf	8:43		Fighting
	Pa.Kaleta	Buf	8:43		Misconduct
	Ad.Mair	Buf	8:43		Misconduct
	Cr.Rivet	Buf	8:43		Game Misconduct
	Cr.Rivet	Buf	8:43		Fighting
	Cr.Rivet	Buf	8:43		Game Misconduct
	Pa.Kaleta	Buf	8:43		Game Misconduct
	Se.Bergenheim	NYI	8:43		Fighting
	Se.Bergenheim	NYI	8:43		Game Misconduct
	Br.Witt	NYI	8:43		Fighting
	Fr.Meyer	NYI	9:32		Cross-checking
	Ja.Spacek	Buf	16:46		Delay of Game
	Mi.Comrie	NYI	19:08		Slashing
	Fr.Meyer	NYI	19:08		Tripping

	Period 3
	Buf	NYI	Time		Scoring Detail
	6	0	0:58		Al.Kotalik 1	( Ja.Spacek, De.Roy ) (pp)
	6	1	5:21		Tr.Hunter 2	( Th.Pock )
	7	1	9:12		Cl.MacArthur 1	( Da.Paille, Ja.Pominville )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Je.Tambellini	NYI	1:17		Tripping
	An.Sekera	Buf	4:04		Slashing
	Jo.Sim	NYI	4:49		Holding
	Al.Kotalik	Buf	5:21		Hooking
	Th.Vanek	Buf	5:46		Goaltender Interference
	An.Sekera	Buf	10:18		Closing Hand on Puck
	An.Peters	Buf	13:20		Roughing
	An.Hilbert	NYI	13:20		Slashing
	Tr.Hunter	NYI	16:57		Slashing
	Th.Pock	NYI	19:09		Delay of Game
	Ky.Okposo	NYI	19:54		Slashing

Shots on goal	1	2	3	---	F
Buffalo Sabres	13	13	9	---	35
New York Islanders	7	8	9	---	24

Power-play opportunites
	Sabres	3-of-11
	Islanders	0-of-6

Goaltenders:
	Sabres	Pa.Lalime	-W (24 shots, 23 saves)	Record: 1-0-0
	Islanders	Jo.MacDonald	-L (35 shots, 28 saves)	Record: 1-2-0

Penalty Shots:

Individual Stats
Buffalo Sabres
	PM, S			PM, S
Maxim Afinogenov	+1, 2		Jochen Hecht	0, 3
Patrick Kaleta	0, 0		Ales Kotalik	+2, 3
Patrick Lalime	0, 0		Toni Lydman	+1, 2
Clarke MacArthur	+1, 1		Adam Mair	+1, 2
Teppo Numminen	0, 3		Daniel Paille	+1, 2
Andrew Peters	0, 1		Jason Pominville	+1, 2
Craig Rivet	+2, 1		Derek Roy	+1, 4
Andrej Sekera	0, 1		Jaroslav Spacek	+1, 0
Drew Stafford	0, 5		Henrik Tallinder	+2, 0
Thomas Vanek	+1, 3
New York Islanders
	PM, S			PM, S
Sean Bergenheim	0, 1		Mike Comrie	-2, 4
Bruno Gervais	0, 3		Bill Guerin	0, 2
Andy Hilbert	0, 1		Jack Hillen	-1, 1
Trent Hunter	-1, 1		Joey MacDonald	0, 0
Freddy Meyer	-2, 1		Frans Nielsen	-1, 2
Kyle Okposo	-2, 1		Richard Park	-2, 0
Thomas Pock	+1, 1		Jon Sim	0, 1
Mark Streit	-3, 1		Jeff Tambellini	-2, 3
Nate Thompson	0, 0		Doug Weight	0, 0
Brendan Witt	-1, 1

Three stars of the game:

1. Thomas Vanek

2. Jason Pominville

3. Ales Kotalik

Attendance: 13,523

Referees: Steve Kozari, Paul Devorski

Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Darren Gibbs