- Final0NSH
DAL2
32
3 - Final1COL
LA3
43
4 - Final SOSO2DET
BUF3
23
2 - Final3CAR
MTL3
43
4 - Final4WSH
NYI3
23
2 - Final5PHI
OTT1
41
4 - Final SOSO6PIT
TOR6
56
5 - Final7BOS
VAN3
13
1
Final SO
7:00 PM ET, February 26, 2011
First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
| 1 | 2 | 3 | SO | T | |
| DET | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BUF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DET | H Zetterberg 80 | J Franzen 28 | H Zetterberg 56 |
| BUF | T Vanek 73 | T Vanek 32 | T Vanek 41 |
P. Datsyuk (Red Wings - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 0

A. Sekera (Sabres - D): Goals: 1, Assists: 1


J. Hudler (Red Wings - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
1st Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Buffalo | Start of 1st period |
| 0:00 | Buffalo | Jochen Hecht won faceoff against Mike Modano in neutral zone |
| 0:14 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Mike Modano saved by Ryan Miller (Backhand 27 ft) |
| 0:36 | Buffalo | Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Tomas Holmstrom in neutral zone |
| 0:49 | Detroit | Johan Franzen shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn |
| 0:49 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 0:49 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Pavel Datsyuk in defensive zone |
| 0:58 | Detroit | Shot missed by Pavel Datsyuk, Wide of Net (Backhand 32 ft) |
| 1:05 | Detroit | Pavel Datsyuk shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn |
| 1:11 | Detroit | Johan Franzen credited with hit on Paul Gaustad in offensive zone |
| 1:43 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Henrik Zetterberg saved by Ryan Miller (Snapshot 36 ft) |
| 1:43 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:43 | Buffalo | Tim Connolly won faceoff against Henrik Zetterberg in defensive zone |
| 1:54 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Jason Pominville, Wide of Net (Slapshot 42 ft) |
| 1:54 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:54 | Detroit | Daniel Cleary won faceoff against Tim Connolly in defensive zone |
| 2:38 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Tyler Myers saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 2:38 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:38 | Buffalo | Cody McCormick won faceoff against Darren Helm in offensive zone |
| 2:43 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Tyler Myers, Wide of Net (Wristshot 47 ft) |
| 2:46 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Mike Grier, Wide of Net (Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 2:48 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:48 | Buffalo | Jochen Hecht won faceoff against Mike Modano in offensive zone |
| 2:54 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis shot blocked by Brad Stuart |
| 2:59 | Buffalo | Jochen Hecht credited with hit on Valtteri Filppula in offensive zone |
| 3:35 | Buffalo | Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Brad Stuart in offensive zone |
| 3:45 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Mike Weber saved by Joey MacDonald (Backhand 42 ft) |
| 3:46 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Pavel Datsyuk in offensive zone |
| 3:50 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Mike Weber saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 59 ft) |
| 3:51 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 3:51 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Kris Draper in offensive zone |
| 4:15 | Detroit | Takeaway by Pavel Datsyuk in neutral zone |
| 4:26 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Offside |
| 4:26 | Detroit | Henrik Zetterberg won faceoff against Tim Connolly in neutral zone |
| 5:15 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Nicklas Lidstrom saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 19 ft) |
| 5:25 | Detroit | Daniel Cleary credited with hit on Andrej Sekera in offensive zone |
| 5:41 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Cody McCormick in offensive zone |
| 5:48 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Jakub Kindl saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 25 ft) |
| 6:20 | Detroit | Darren Helm credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn in defensive zone |
| 6:29 | Detroit | Jakub Kindl credited with hit on Jochen Hecht in defensive zone |
| 6:29 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Drew Stafford, Wide of Net (Wristshot 26 ft) |
| 6:44 | Buffalo | Drew Stafford shot blocked by Ruslan Salei |
| 7:04 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Drew Stafford saved by Joey MacDonald (Backhand 6 ft) |
| 7:20 | Detroit | Shot missed by Mike Modano, Wide of Net (Slapshot 58 ft) |
| 7:20 | Buffalo | Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Niklas Kronwall in defensive zone |
| 7:35 | Detroit | Giveaway by Johan Franzen in defensive zone |
| 7:38 | Buffalo | Steve Montador shot blocked by Niklas Kronwall |
| 7:43 | Detroit | Giveaway by Jiri Hudler in defensive zone |
| 7:44 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Nathan Gerbe saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 7:45 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout |
| 7:45 | Buffalo | Tim Connolly won faceoff against Henrik Zetterberg in offensive zone |
| 7:47 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Jason Pominville saved by Joey MacDonald (Backhand 24 ft) |
| 7:48 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 7:48 | Buffalo | Tim Connolly won faceoff against Henrik Zetterberg in offensive zone |
| 7:51 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Tim Connolly saved by Joey MacDonald (Backhand 18 ft) |
| 7:58 | Buffalo | Tyler Myers shot blocked by Nicklas Lidstrom |
| 8:08 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Chris Butler saved by Joey MacDonald (Slapshot 47 ft) |
| 8:13 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Jason Pominville, Wide of Net (Wristshot 25 ft) |
| 8:19 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Jason Pominville saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 35 ft) |
| 8:24 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Tim Connolly, Wide of Net (Backhand 35 ft) |
| 8:25 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Chris Butler saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 61 ft) |
| 8:26 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 8:26 | Detroit | Pavel Datsyuk won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone |
| 8:33 | Buffalo | Mike Grier credited with hit on Niklas Kronwall in offensive zone |
| 8:39 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone |
| 8:52 | Detroit | Takeaway by Pavel Datsyuk in offensive zone |
| 9:06 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Johan Franzen saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 52 ft) |
| 9:06 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 9:06 | Buffalo | Jochen Hecht won faceoff against Darren Helm in defensive zone |
| 9:20 | Detroit | Giveaway by Ruslan Salei in defensive zone |
| 9:46 | Detroit | Shot missed by Darren Helm, Wide of Net (Wristshot 34 ft) |
| 10:33 | Detroit | Jonathan Ericsson shot blocked by Tyler Myers |
| 10:34 | Detroit | Tomas Holmstrom credited with hit on Tim Connolly in offensive zone |
| 10:43 | Buffalo | Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Jonathan Ericsson in neutral zone |
| 10:59 | Buffalo | Tyler Myers credited with hit on Valtteri Filppula in defensive zone |
| 11:08 | Buffalo | Thomas Vanek shot blocked by Tomas Holmstrom |
| 11:39 | Detroit | Giveaway by Nicklas Lidstrom in defensive zone |
| 11:49 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Mike Grier saved by Joey MacDonald (Backhand 19 ft) |
| 11:57 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Shaone Morrisonn saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 29 ft) |
| 12:07 | Detroit | Shot missed by Daniel Cleary, Wide of Net (Snapshot 46 ft) |
| 12:18 | Detroit | Giveaway by Jakub Kindl in offensive zone |
| 12:55 | Buffalo | Goal scored by Andrej Sekera (Backhand 16 ft) assisted by Jochen Hecht and Drew Stafford |
| 12:55 | Detroit | Darren Helm won faceoff against Paul Gaustad in neutral zone |
| 13:08 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Justin Abdelkader saved by Ryan Miller (Snapshot 39 ft) |
| 13:09 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 13:09 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Darren Helm in defensive zone |
| 13:25 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 13:25 | Buffalo | Tim Connolly won faceoff against Mike Modano in neutral zone |
| 14:59 | Buffalo | Goal scored by Mike Grier (Wristshot 8 ft) assisted by Andrej Sekera and Rob Niedermayer |
| 14:59 | Detroit | Pavel Datsyuk won faceoff against Jochen Hecht in neutral zone |
| 15:10 | Detroit | Shot missed by Pavel Datsyuk, Wide of Net (Wristshot 26 ft) |
| 15:19 | Detroit | Shot on goal by Johan Franzen saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 14 ft) |
| 15:20 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 15:20 | Detroit | Pavel Datsyuk won faceoff against Paul Gaustad in offensive zone |
| 15:32 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Offside |
| 15:32 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Darren Helm in neutral zone |
| 15:51 | Buffalo | Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Ruslan Salei in offensive zone |
| 16:03 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Patrick Kaleta in neutral zone |
| 16:13 | Buffalo | Nathan Gerbe shot blocked by Jakub Kindl |
| 16:44 | Buffalo | Mike Weber credited with hit on Mike Modano in defensive zone |
| 18:03 | Detroit | Jakub Kindl credited with hit on Drew Stafford in defensive zone |
| 18:23 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Tyler Ennis saved by Joey MacDonald (Wristshot 21 ft) |
| 18:28 | Buffalo | Chris Butler shot blocked by Jakub Kindl |
| 18:58 | Buffalo | Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Pavel Datsyuk in offensive zone |
| 19:05 | Buffalo | Shaone Morrisonn credited with hit on Jonathan Ericsson in defensive zone |
| 19:41 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Thomas Vanek, Wide of Net (Deflection 12 ft) |
| 20:00 | Buffalo | End of 1st period |




