
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:54 | CAR | PPG - Rod Brind'Amour Snap Shot - Assists: C. Stillman & R. Whitney |
| 12:52 | CAR | PPG - Justin Williams Wrist Shot - Assists: R. Whitney & R. Brind'Amour |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:53 | CAR | Erik Cole Slap Shot - Assists: C. Stillman & E. Staal |
| 06:15 | CAR | PPG - Eric Belanger Slap Shot - Assists: R. Brind'Amour & G. Wesley |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:42 | CAR | PPG - Scott Walker Snap Shot - Assists: C. Stillman |
| 08:09 | NYI | Chris Simon Tip-In - Assists: J. Blake & A. Yashin |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:10 | NYI | Viktor Kozlov : Slashing - 2 min |
| 03:30 | NYI | Richard Park : Interference - 2 min |
| 07:52 | CAR | Trevor Letowski : Interference - 2 min |
| 12:20 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Tripping - 2 min |
| 14:22 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 14:22 | CAR | Scott Walker : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:14 | NYI | Mike Sillinger : Hooking - 2 min |
| 10:57 | CAR | Mike Commodore : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:28 | CAR | Anton Babchuk : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:54 | NYI | Shawn Bates : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:54 | NYI | Shawn Bates : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 01:22 | CAR | Mike Commodore : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 01:22 | NYI | Brendan Witt : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 01:22 | NYI | Brendan Witt served by Chris Simon : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 05:43 | NYI | Sean Hill : Hooking - 2 min |
| 09:22 | CAR | Rod Brind'Amour : Roughing - 2 min |
| 13:15 | NYI | Miroslav Satan : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 18:38 | CAR | Andrew Hutchinson : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
NYI |
8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
CAR |
14 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
NYI |
39 R. DiPietro (L) | 21 - 22 | 8 - 12 | 1 - 1 | 30 - 35 | 0.857 | 59:57 |
CAR |
30 C. Ward (W) | 15 - 16 | 5 - 5 | 4 - 4 | 24 - 25 | 0.960 | 59:58 |
| Skater Stats |
NYI |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 | 3:58 | 6:34 | 21:47 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:10 | 2:12 | 4:27 | 19:49 |
| 47 T. Hunter | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:04 | 0:00 | 4:39 | 13:43 |
| 27 B. Gervais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 | 6:47 | 3:09 | 22:46 |
| 12 R. Park | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6:47 | 0:00 | 5:08 | 11:55 |
| 11 A. Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:46 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 9:55 |
| 11 C. Simon | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 13:39 |
| 17 C. Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:08 | 3:06 | 1:48 | 18:02 |
| 17 S. Bates | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5:53 | 0:00 | 3:51 | 9:44 |
| 18 M. Sillinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8:53 | 3:46 | 4:25 | 17:04 |
| 4 R. Martinek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 | 1:43 | 4:19 | 20:44 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 10:08 | 1:53 | 2:26 | 14:27 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 | 3:15 | 0:49 | 15:11 |
| 32 B. Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10:48 | 0:00 | 6:09 | 16:57 |
| 33 E. Boguniecki | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:18 |
| 33 J. Blake | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:28 | 5:04 | 0:28 | 18:00 |
| 79 A. Yashin | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:03 | 5:38 | 0:28 | 18:09 |
| 81 M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 10:17 | 5:10 | 2:43 | 18:10 |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 G. Wesley | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 | 3:53 | 4:11 | 18:52 |
| 6 B. Hedican | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 0:31 | 3:56 | 18:43 |
| 6 T. Gleason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 | 3:08 | 3:13 | 19:02 |
| 14 J. Williams | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 10:16 | 7:45 | 2:55 | 20:56 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:29 | 5:58 | 0:00 | 16:27 |
| 13 R. Whitney | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7:28 | 5:25 | 0:00 | 12:53 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 11:03 | 7:05 | 2:52 | 21:00 |
| 19 T. Letowski | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:50 | 0:09 | 2:54 | 13:53 |
| 23 M. Commodore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 13:36 | 0:31 | 4:53 | 19:00 |
| 24 S. Walker | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9:34 | 5:45 | 0:00 | 15:19 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 | 6:58 | 2:10 | 19:09 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7:45 | 3:38 | 0:07 | 11:30 |
| 27 C. Adams | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:31 | 0:09 | 3:08 | 12:48 |
| 8 A. Hutchinson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:23 | 6:12 | 0:07 | 18:42 |
| 10 K. Aucoin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:58 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 7:59 |
| 33 A. Babchuk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12:09 | 0:55 | 1:41 | 14:45 |
| 59 C. LaRose | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:24 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 11:21 |
| 61 C. Stillman | L | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:48 | 6:03 | 0:00 | 17:51 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18252 |
| Referees | Kerry Fraser, Ian Walsh |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, Michel Cormier |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| E. Karlsson | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Turris | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Condra | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 9 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| M. Methot | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Michalek | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Zibanejad | 9 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 3 | 0 | .928 | 2.66 |