Buffalo 2, 
Montreal 3
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Centre Sportif Benoit-Levesque | Referees: Justin St. Pierre , Marc Joannette Linesmen: Michel Cormier , Pierre Champoux |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 10:25 | Tomas Plekanec (Assist: Andrei Kostitsyn) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 3:56 | M Aubin (interference) |
 | 8:21 | M Weber (holding) |
| 16:04 | R Flinn (interference) |
| 16:33 | D Stafford (elbowing) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 16:13 | Andrei Kostitsyn - shorthanded (Assist: David Desharnais) |
| 18:17 | Tomas Plekanec - shorthanded (Assist: Sergei Kostitsyn) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 3:17 | M Glumac (tripping) |
| 11:08 | T Lydman (interference) |
| 14:24 | A Henry (hooking) |
| 17:36 | R O'Byrne (holding) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 1:13 | Derek Roy (Assist: Drew Stafford, Nathan Gerbe) |
| 9:14 | Nathan Gerbe (Assist: Tim Connolly) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 1:45 | R O'Byrne (holding) |
| 4:13 | D Stafford (hooking) |
| 5:28 | T Lydman (interference) |
| 12:10 | N Paetsch (delay of game) |
| 19:53 | R O'Byrne (holding) |
| PLAYER SUMMARY | |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| Buffalo | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |
| Montreal | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Buffalo | 0 of 7 |
| Montreal | 0 of 6 |
* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.
NHL Scores
Tuesday, September 23rd
| Boston | 1 | Final |
| NY Islanders | 2 | OT |
| Buffalo | 2 | Final |
| Montreal | 3 |
| NY Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 3 |
| Columbus | 3 | Final |
| Chicago | 4 |
| Dallas | 2 | Final |
| St. Louis | 3 |
| Florida | 3 | Final |
| Calgary | 2 |
| Edmonton | 1 | Final |
| Vancouver | 2 |