
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:12 | CAR | PPG - Ray Whitney Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Williams & F. Kaberle |
| 19:18 | CAR | Mike Commodore Wrist Shot - Assists: E. Staal & R. Brind'Amour |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:55 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Spezza & D. Heatley |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:04 | OTT | Antoine Vermette : Hooking - 2 min |
| 03:27 | CAR | Erik Cole : Hooking - 2 min |
| 06:11 | OTT | Zdeno Chara : Tripping - 2 min |
| 06:42 | CAR | Frantisek Kaberle : Tripping - 2 min |
| 09:08 | OTT | Brian McGrattan : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 09:08 | CAR | Jesse Boulerice : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 12:17 | CAR | Justin Williams : Holding - 2 min |
| 14:00 | OTT | Dany Heatley : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:19 | OTT | Chris Neil : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 11:22 | OTT | Chris Phillips : Tripping - 2 min |
| 14:09 | CAR | Eric Staal : Elbowing - 2 min |
| 16:53 | CAR | Eric Staal : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:17 | OTT | Dominik Hasek served by Jason Spezza : Delaying Game-Ill. play goalie - 2 min |
| 04:39 | OTT | Bryan Smolinski : Slashing - 2 min |
| 05:18 | CAR | Cory Stillman : Holding - 2 min |
| 06:18 | CAR | Frantisek Kaberle : Hooking - 2 min |
| 17:05 | CAR | Cory Stillman : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
CAR |
7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
OTT |
13 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
CAR |
29 M. Gerber (W) | 22 - 23 | 7 - 7 | 6 - 6 | 35 - 36 | 0.972 | 59:58 |
OTT |
39 D. Hasek (L) | 14 - 15 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 17 - 19 | 0.895 | 58:57 |
| Skater Stats |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 A. Ward | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 | 0:54 | 6:09 | 23:58 |
| 5 F. Kaberle | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 15:48 | 4:22 | 3:36 | 23:46 |
| 6 B. Hedican | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | 0:36 | 6:55 | 24:49 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 8:06 | 4:07 | 0:00 | 12:13 |
| 14 J. Williams | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 14:53 | 5:27 | 4:22 | 24:42 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13:32 | 5:30 | 0:49 | 19:51 |
| 13 R. Whitney | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 | 5:26 | 0:00 | 19:09 |
| 17 K. Adams | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:29 | 0:12 | 5:59 | 9:40 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 | 5:29 | 5:16 | 25:24 |
| 26 M. Zigomanis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:37 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 1:49 |
| 17 R. Vrbata | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:59 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 11:14 |
| 23 M. Commodore | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 | 0:21 | 5:28 | 20:10 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12:09 | 4:26 | 1:08 | 17:43 |
| 27 C. Adams | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:14 | 0:14 | 4:26 | 12:54 |
| 36 J. Boulerice | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:07 |
| 36 D. Richmond | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:12 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 3:14 |
| 61 C. Stillman | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13:17 | 4:26 | 0:14 | 17:57 |
| 28 O. Tverdovsky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:54 | 4:44 | 1:06 | 13:44 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:30 | 3:38 | 0:03 | 15:11 |
| 33 Z. Chara | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:41 | 4:50 | 6:52 | 27:23 |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:09 | 0:12 | 4:34 | 17:55 |
| 6 W. Redden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:15 | 6:59 | 5:13 | 26:27 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:57 | 8:18 | 3:37 | 21:52 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:55 | 7:25 | 1:19 | 23:39 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:52 | 2:41 | 4:30 | 18:03 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:24 | 0:20 | 0:53 | 10:37 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 17:15 | 8:31 | 1:17 | 27:03 |
| 16 B. McGrattan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:16 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 | 8:56 | 0:00 | 24:26 |
| 50 A. Vermette | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8:20 | 0:07 | 0:28 | 8:55 |
| 20 B. Smolinski | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:46 | 2:44 | 0:14 | 13:44 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 4:31 | 6:15 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 11:09 | 0:20 | 2:43 | 14:12 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:12 | 2:41 | 0:00 | 12:53 |
| 26 V. Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:54 |
| 18 P. Schaefer | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:53 | 0:08 | 4:23 | 14:24 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19544 |
| Referees | Eric Furlatt, Tim Peel |
| Linesmen | Steve Miller, Derek Nansen |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | z - PIT | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 119 | 72 | |
| 2 | y - MTL | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 149 | 126 | 63 | |
| 3 | y - WSH | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 149 | 130 | 57 | |
| 4 | x - BOS | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 109 | 62 | |
| 5 | x - TOR | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 145 | 133 | 57 | |
| 6 | x - NYR | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 130 | 112 | 56 | |
| 7 | x - OTT | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 116 | 104 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - NYI | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 139 | 139 | 55 | |
| 9 | WPG | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 128 | 144 | 51 | |
| 10 | PHI | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 49 | |
| 11 | NJD | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 112 | 129 | 48 | |
| 12 | BUF | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 125 | 143 | 48 | |
| 13 | CAR | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | TBL | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 148 | 150 | 40 | |
| 15 | FLA | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 112 | 171 | 36 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| D. Alfredsson | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Turris | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Pageau | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| E. Condra | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Karlsson | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| S. Gonchar | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Zibanejad | 7 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| C. Conacher | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Silfverberg | 7 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.58 |
| C. Anderson | 4 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.52 |