Buffalo 2, 
Montreal 3
7:00 PM ET, September 26, 2009
Bell Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Bell Centre Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Referees: Don Vanmassenhoven , Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Derek Amell , Tony Sericolo |
| Attendance: 21,273 (100.0% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | :55 | Clarke MacArthur (Assist: Chris Butler) |
| 10:30 | Nathan Gerbe (Unassisted) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 2:53 | P Kaleta (major boarding served by N Gerbe) |
 | 2:53 | R O'Byrne (major fighting, misconduct) |
| 2:53 | R O'Byrne (instigator) |
| 2:53 | P Kaleta (major fighting, misconduct) |
| 6:40 | M D'Agostini (interference) |
| 6:40 | C Butler (roughing) |
| 14:52 | G Stewart (hooking) |
| 17:02 | G Stewart (high sticking) |
| 19:59 | N Gerbe (cross checking) |
| 19:59 | T Kennedy (roughing) |
| 19:59 | M Lapierre (roughing) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 12:32 | Brian Gionta - power play (Assist: Tomas Plekanec, Jaroslav Spacek) |
| 19:37 | Maxim Lapierre (Assist: Glen Metropolit, Roman Hamrlik) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 4:04 | R O'Byrne (cross checking) |
| 9:47 | P Gaustad (major fighting, misconduct) |
| 9:47 | P Mara (major fighting) |
| 9:48 | P Gaustad (instigator) |
| 12:26 | - Bench (too many men served by N Gerbe) |
| 12:43 | R O'Byrne (double minor high sticking) |
| 15:02 | G Metropolit (roughing) |
| 15:02 | R Miller (roughing served by N Gerbe) |
| 17:31 | M Grier (roughing) |
| 17:31 | M Lapierre (roughing) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 5:36 | Gregory Stewart (Assist: Glen Metropolit, Scott Gomez) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 6:20 | M D'Agostini (hooking) |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| Buffalo | 11 | 11 | 9 | 31 | |
| Montreal | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Buffalo | 0 of 6 |
| Montreal | 1 of 4 |
* - 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
Saturday, September 26th
| Columbus | 4 | Final |
| Boston | 2 |
| Buffalo | 2 | Final |
| Montreal | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | Final |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| Detroit | 1 | Final |
| Toronto | 2 |
| St. Louis | 5 | Final |
| Dallas | 0 |
| Carolina | 5 | Final |
| Nashville | 2 |
| Vancouver | 2 | Final |
| Calgary | 1 | SO |
| Colorado | 3 | Final |
| Los Angeles | 5 |
| San Jose | 0 | Final |
| Phoenix | 2 |
