New Jersey 5, Buffalo 4
| Buffalo | 1 | – | 4 |
| New Jersey | 1 | – | 5 |
First Period_1, Buffalo, Peterka 3 (Power, Jost), 6:11. 2, New Jersey, Holtz 2 (McLeod, L.Hughes), 7:41. 3, Buffalo, Thompson 4 (Tuch, Greenway), 15:42. 4, New Jersey, Bratt 4, 16:11. Penalties_Smith, NJ (High Sticking), 8:39; Okposo, BUF (High Sticking), 11:04; New Jersey bench, served by Toffoli (Instigator), 16:00; Palat, NJ (Fighting), 16:00; Buffalo bench, served by Peterka (Fighting), 16:00; Palat, NJ (Instigator), 16:00; Clifton, BUF (Match Penalty), 16:00.
Second Period_5, New Jersey, Haula 3, 13:47 (sh). 6, Buffalo, Dahlin 1 (Skinner, Samuelsson), 17:32. Penalties_New Jersey bench, served by Holtz (Too Many Men on the Ice), 13:10.
Third Period_7, New Jersey, J.Hughes 5 (L.Hughes, Meier), 2:09 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Cozens 3 (Okposo), 12:35. 9, New Jersey, Haula 4 (Marino, Bahl), 14:17. Penalties_Mittelstadt, BUF (Delay of Game), 0:56; Power, BUF (Tripping), 14:27.
Shots on Goal_Buffalo 12-11-4_27. New Jersey 15-7-18_40.
Power-play opportunities_Buffalo 0 of 2; New Jersey 1 of 4.
Goalies_Buffalo, Comrie 1-1-0 (18 shots-16 saves), Buffalo, Luukkonen 1-1-0 (22-19). New Jersey, Vanecek 3-2-0 (27-23).
A_16,514 (16,514). T_2:30.
Referees_Beaudry Halkidis, Chris Rooney. Linesmen_Caleb Apperson, Devin Berg.