| Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0_2 |
| Ottawa 1 1 0 1_3 |
| First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Tanguay 2 (Halpern, Downie), 3:03 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Alfredsson 6 (Spezza, Michalek), 5:02. Penalties_Neil, Ott (interference), 1:34 | Stamkos, TB (hooking), 8:31 | Foligno, Ott (hooking), 9:45 | Spezza, Ott (slashing), 14:33 | Walker, TB (tripping), 17:27. |
| Second Period_3, Ottawa, Fisher 6 (Kovalev, Spezza), 12:00 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 12 (St. Louis, Lecavalier), 13:40 (pp). Penalties_Neil, Ott (tripping), 6:55 | Ohlund, TB (interference), 11:06 | Cheechoo, Ott (interference), 13:23 | Downie, TB, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 14:12 | Neil, Ott, major (fighting), 14:12 | Craig, TB, major (fighting), 20:00 | Carkner, Ott, major (fighting), 20:00. |
| Third Period_None. Penalties_Campoli, Ott (tripping), 1:36 | Kuba, Ott (delay of game), 9:15 | Meszaros, TB (roughing), 15:51. |
| Overtime_5, Ottawa, Spezza 1 (Kuba, Fisher), 4:17 (pp). Penalties_Ohlund, TB (holding), 3:00. |
| Shots on Goal_Tampa Bay 7-6-7-0_20. Ottawa 14-6-6-3_29. |
| Power-play opportunities_Tampa Bay 2 of 7 | Ottawa 2 of 6. |
| Goalies_Tampa Bay, Niittymaki 3-1-2 (29 shots-26 saves). Ottawa, Leclaire 5-3-1 (20-18). |
| A_17,511 (19,153). T_2:33. |
| Referees_Dennis LaRue, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen_Don Henderson, Bryan Pancich. |
