| Play-by-Play |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 1 | - | Det | Start of Period | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 19:46 | Det | Pavel Datsyuk blocks the shot | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 17:56 | Min | Devin Setoguchi scores a goal assisted by Matt Cullen and Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 17:33 | Min | Torrey Mitchell receives a 2:00 penalty for hooking | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 17:01 | Det | Henrik Zetterberg has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 16:52 | Det | Damien Brunner has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 16:41 | Det | Johan Franzen has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 16:05 | Min | Clayton Stoner blocks the shot | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 15:51 | Det | Jakub Kindl has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 15:32 | Det | Gustav Nyquist has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 15:19 | Min | Charlie Coyle has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 14:37 | Min | Zach Parise blocks the shot | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 13:58 | Det | Stoppage - Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 13:58 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 12:52 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 12:30 | Det | Drew Miller has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 12:30 | Det | Stoppage - High Stick | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 12:15 | Det | Stoppage - Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 12:02 | Min | Jonas Brodin has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 1 | 12:02 | Det | Stoppage - Goalie stops play | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 11:11 | Det | Jakub Kindl has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 11:11 | Det | Stoppage - Goalie stops play | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 11:11 | Det | Stoppage - Rink/Ice Maintenance | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 11:05 | Det | Jakub Kindl has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 10:21 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 10:12 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 10:02 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 9:30 | Min | Pierre-Marc Bouchard has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 9:05 | Min | Dany Heatley has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 8:53 | Det | Niklas Kronwall blocks the shot | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 8:30 | Det | Gustav Nyquist has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 8:19 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 7:38 | Det | Valtteri Filppula has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 7:17 | Min | Zenon Konopka receives a 2:00 penalty for tripping | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 7:17 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 7:08 | Det | Damien Brunner has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 7:08 | Det | Stoppage - Goalie stops play | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 6:36 | Det | Pavel Datsyuk has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 6:26 | Det | Henrik Zetterberg has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 1 | 6:10 | Det | Niklas Kronwall has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 5:46 | Det | Ian White has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 4:45 | Det | Stoppage - High Stick | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 4:45 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2:25 | Det | Henrik Zetterberg has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2:02 | Det | Henrik Zetterberg has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0:58 | Min | Dany Heatley blocks the shot | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0:07 | Min | Jared Spurgeon blocks the shot | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0:07 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | - | Det | End of Period | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | - | Det | Start of Period | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 19:55 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 19:30 | Det | Niklas Kronwall receives a 4:00 penalty for high-sticking | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 18:16 | Min | Kyle Brodziak has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 17:00 | Min | Dany Heatley has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 16:52 | Min | Dany Heatley has a shot on goal | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 16:52 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 16:09 | Min | Kyle Brodziak scores a power-play goal assisted by Jared Spurgeon and Ryan Suter | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 15:58 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 15:43 | Det | Drew Miller has a shot on goal | 2 | 0 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 2 | 15:15 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 14:40 | Min | Nate Prosser blocks the shot | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 14:26 | Min | Justin Falk blocks the shot | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 14:26 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 14:26 | Det | Stoppage - Time Out - Visitor | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:40 | Det | Gustav Nyquist has a shot on goal | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:40 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:40 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:27 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 11:39 | Det | Damien Brunner has a shot on goal | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 11:01 | Min | Devin Setoguchi has a shot on goal | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 11:01 | Det | Stoppage - Goalie stops play | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 10:51 | Det | Gustav Nyquist scores a goal assisted by | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 9:51 | Det | Johan Franzen has a shot on goal | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 9:51 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 9:51 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 9:15 | Min | Jonas Brodin has a shot on goal | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 9:15 | Min | Zach Parise has a shot on goal | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 9:11 | Min | Mikko Koivu scores a goal assisted by Charlie Coyle and Zach Parise | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 8:54 | Det | Ian White blocks the shot | 3 | 1 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 2 | 8:54 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 8:46 | Min | Justin Falk has a shot on goal | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 8:39 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 8:15 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 7:05 | Min | Mikko Koivu has a shot on goal | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 6:55 | Det | Brendan Smith blocks the shot | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 6:24 | Det | Jonathan Ericsson has a shot on goal | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 6:24 | Det | Stoppage - Goalie stops play | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5:49 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5:27 | Det | Stoppage - Offsides | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5:27 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5:12 | Det | Damien Brunner has a shot on goal | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5:12 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5:00 | Det | Stoppage - Frozen Puck | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 4:24 | Det | Jakub Kindl receives a 2:00 penalty for tripping | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 4:13 | Det | Daniel Cleary blocks the shot | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 3:26 | Det | Stoppage - Offsides | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 2:45 | Min | Dany Heatley has a shot on goal | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 2:45 | Min | Devin Setoguchi scores a power-play goal assisted by Dany Heatley and Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1:41 | Det | Justin Abdelkader has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 2 | 1:41 | Det | Justin Abdelkader has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1:41 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1:41 | Min | Cal Clutterbuck receives a 2:00 penalty for roughing | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1:41 | Min | Cal Clutterbuck receives a 2:00 penalty for roughing | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1:41 | Det | Justin Abdelkader receives a 2:00 penalty for roughing | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1:08 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | - | Det | End of Period | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | - | Det | Start of Period | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 19:38 | Det | Pavel Datsyuk has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 19:38 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 19:14 | Det | Justin Abdelkader has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 19:14 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 19:02 | Det | Brian Lashoff blocks the shot | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 18:58 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 18:37 | Det | Damien Brunner has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 13:18 | Min | Jonas Brodin blocks the shot | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 13:04 | Det | Brian Lashoff has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 13:03 | Min | Nate Prosser receives a 2:00 penalty for closing hand on puck | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 13:03 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 11:13 | Min | Mikko Koivu blocks the shot | 4 | 1 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 3 | 10:33 | Min | Nate Prosser blocks the shot | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 10:17 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 9:27 | Det | Stoppage - Offsides | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 9:27 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 9:11 | Det | Valtteri Filppula has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 8:56 | Det | Henrik Zetterberg has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 7:49 | Det | Jakub Kindl blocks the shot | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 7:49 | Min | Devin Setoguchi has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 7:49 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 7:11 | Det | Pavel Datsyuk has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 6:03 | Det | Cory Emmerton has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 5:55 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 5:45 | Det | Valtteri Filppula has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 5:24 | Det | Stoppage - Puck in Netting/Crowd | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 5:24 | Det | Stoppage - TV Timeout | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 5:16 | Det | Stoppage - Icing | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 4:54 | Det | Stoppage - High Stick | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 3:55 | Det | Jakub Kindl has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 3:07 | Det | Daniel Cleary has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 3:07 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 4 | 1 |
| Pd | Time | Team | Event | Min | Det |
| 3 | 2:32 | Min | Zach Parise has a shot on goal | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2:32 | Det | Stoppage - Puck Frozen by Goalie | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 1:42 | Det | Stoppage - Net Dislodged | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 0:25 | Min | Zenon Konopka receives a 2:00 penalty for hooking | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 0:14 | Det | Drew Miller scores a power-play goal assisted by Jordin Tootoo | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | - | Det | End of Period | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | - | Det | End of Game | 4 | 2 |