Phoenix 4, 
Tampa Bay 3
| Game Information | |
| Referees: Gord Dwyer , Mark Shewchyk Linesmen: Mark Wheler , null | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 4:16 | Ryan Malone (Assist: Victor Hedman, Mattias Ohlund) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
 | 2:14 | V Fiddler (holding) |
| 8:26 | M Lashoff (holding) |
| 11:50 | A Aucoin (interference) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 4:10 | Radim Vrbata - power play (Assist: Adrian Aucoin, Matthew Lombardi) |
| 4:53 | Peter Mueller - power play (Assist: Martin Hanzal, Petr Prucha) |
| 10:17 | Steven Stamkos - power play (Assist: Martin St. Louis, Kurtis Foster) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 2:32 | M Walker (delay of game) |
| 2:54 | M Lashoff (tripping) |
| 10:09 | A Aucoin (hooking) |
| 10:59 | B Jones (hooking) |
| 12:24 | M Hanzal (high sticking) |
| 16:19 | - Bench (too many men served by P Prucha) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 3:16 | Vincent Lecavalier (Assist: Steve Downie, Mike Lundin) |
| 3:50 | Scottie Upshall (Assist: Vernon Fiddler, Zbynek Michalek) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| :48 | V Hedman (holding) |
| 6:13 | - Bench (too many men served by R Smolenak) |
| 8:45 | S Downie (high sticking) |
| 10:11 | V Hedman (delay of game) |
| Overtime Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| No Scoring this period | ||
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| No Penalties this period | ||
| Shootout Summary | |
| TEAM | DETAIL |
| Mattias Ohlund shootout attempt against Jason LaBarbera: MISSED. |
| Shane Doan shootout attempt against Antero Niitymaki: SAVED. |
| Alex Tanguay shootout attempt against Jason LaBarbera: SAVED. |
| Radim Vrbata shootout attempt against Antero Niitymaki: GOAL. |
| Vincent Lecavalier shootout attempt against Jason LaBarbera: GOAL. |
| Peter Mueller shootout attempt against Antero Niitymaki: GOAL. |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
| Phoenix | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| Tampa Bay | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Phoenix | 2 of 8 |
| Tampa Bay | 1 of 5 |
* - 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
Wednesday, September 23rd
| Toronto | 2 | Final |
| Buffalo | 3 |
| New Jersey | 4 | Final |
| NY Islanders | 2 |
| Chicago | 2 | Final |
| Washington | 6 |
| Nashville | 4 | Final |
| Atlanta | 5 |
| Dallas | 1 | Final |
| Florida | 4 |
| Calgary | 5 | Final |
| Edmonton | 3 |
| Los Angeles | 2 | Final |
| Colorado | 3 |
| Phoenix | 4 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | SO |
| San Jose | 3 | Final |
| Vancouver | 4 | SO |
