First Period: Scoring: 1, Detroit, Draper 1 (Lidstrom, Murphy), 18:32. Penalties: Chelios, Det (elbowing), 6:57; Varada, Buf (Obstr holding), 7:01; Varada, Buf (high sticking), 18:57; Grosek, Buf (interference), 7:22; Larionov, Det (holding stick), 9:24.

Second Period: Scoring: 2, Detroit, Holmstrom 1 (Duchesne, Chelios), 5:15. Penalties: Woolley, Buf (slashing), 12:33.

Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Shanahan, Det (cross checking), 4:31; Woolley, Buf (slashing), 5:31; Campbell, Buf (interference), 10:56; S Barnes, Buf (roughing), 11:46; Kozlov, Det (roughing), 11:46.

SHOTS ON GOAL Buffalo 10 5 7 --22 Detroit 19 10 15 --44

Power-play Conversions: Buf - 0 of 3, Det - 0 of 6. Goalies: Buffalo, Hasek (44 shots, 42 saves; record: 0-1-0). Detroit, Osgood (22, 22; record: 1-0-0). A:19,983. Referees: Shick, Zelkin. Linesmen: D Mccourt, Mcelman.

Individual Player Statistics. Buffalo

                 G   A   +/-  Shots
Brian Holzinger  0   0   even   1
Campbell         0   0   -1     2
D Moravec        0   0   -1     2
D Ward           0   0   even   1
Grand-Pierre     0   0   -1     0
Grosek           0   0   -1     3
J Holland        0   0   even   1
Patrick          0   0   even   1
Peca             0   0   even   2
Pittis           0   0   -1     0
Primeau          0   0   -1     0
Rasmussen        0   0   even   1
Ray              0   0   even   0
S Barnes         0   0   -1     2
Sanderson        0   0   -1     3
Smehlik          0   0   -1     1
Varada           0   0   even   1
Wooley           0   0   -1     1

Detroit

            G   A   +/-   Shots
Brown       0   0   +1     3
Butsayev    0   0   +1     0
Chelios     0   1   +1     2
Dandenault  0   0   even   1
Draper      1   0   +1     3
Duchesne    0   1   +1     4
Federov     0   0   +1     6
Holmstrom   1   0   +1     1
Kozlov      0   0   even   3
Larionov    0   0   even   3
Lidstrom    0   1   +1     3
M Lapoint   0   0   even   5
Maltby      0   0   even   3
Murphy      0   1   +1     3
Roest       0   0   +1     2
Shanahan    0   0   even   1
Ward        0   0   even   1
Yzerman     0   0   even   1