
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:48 | OTT | Alex Kovalev (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Foligno (6) & M. Fisher (13) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 00:21 | CAR | PPG - Ray Whitney (9) Slap Shot - Assists: J. Pitkanen (12) & T. Ruutu (12) |
| 10:06 | OTT | PPG - Jason Spezza (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: C. Phillips (7) & D. Alfredsson (20) |
| 17:05 | CAR | Ray Whitney (10) Wrist Shot - Assists: E. Staal (11) & J. Harrison (3) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 16:56 | OTT | PPG - Alex Kovalev (6) Wrist Shot - Assists: E. Karlsson (5) & F. Kuba (11) |
| 19:31 | OTT | EN - Alex Kovalev (7) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Foligno (7) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 17:46 | OTT | Mike Fisher : Hi stick - double minor - 4 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:25 | CAR | Tom Kostopoulos : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 14:46 | CAR | Aaron Ward : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:58 | OTT | Daniel Alfredsson : Tripping - 2 min |
| 16:17 | CAR | Joni Pitkanen : Holding - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
CAR |
5 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
OTT |
10 | 16 | 13 | 39 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
CAR |
34 M. Legace (L) | 27 - 28 | 7 - 9 | 1 - 1 | 35 - 38 | 0.921 | 59:47 |
OTT |
1 B. Elliott (W) | 20 - 21 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 23 - 25 | 0.920 | 59:57 |
| Skater Stats |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 A. Ward | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:55 |
| 6 T. Gleason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 | 0:55 | 1:41 | 19:26 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 | 2:32 | 2:07 | 17:40 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:15 | 2:20 | 0:10 | 19:45 |
| 13 R. Whitney | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:00 | 2:10 | 0:00 | 19:10 |
| 15 T. Ruutu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 | 2:01 | 0:07 | 19:05 |
| 16 B. Sutter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 | 2:20 | 2:18 | 15:41 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:52 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 9:58 |
| 18 S. Yelle | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:58 | 0:06 | 2:03 | 12:07 |
| 19 J. Tlusty | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:01 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 12:26 |
| 24 S. Walker | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 10:14 |
| 25 J. Pitkanen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25:57 | 3:00 | 2:14 | 31:11 |
| 3 B. Carson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 | 2:00 | 1:45 | 22:43 |
| 25 T. Kostopoulos | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 14:03 |
| 36 J. Jokinen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 16:02 |
| 39 P. Dwyer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:10 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 11:14 |
| 41 A. Alberts | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:54 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 10:48 |
| 44 J. Harrison | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 | 1:30 | 2:06 | 21:25 |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:32 | 0:53 | 2:26 | 20:51 |
| 9 M. Michalek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 17:04 | 1:32 | 0:57 | 19:33 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 16:31 | 1:04 | 0:41 | 18:16 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12:33 | 2:48 | 0:58 | 16:19 |
| 17 F. Kuba | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 | 3:27 | 2:10 | 22:03 |
| 18 J. Winchester | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:29 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 9:59 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 16:51 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 18:23 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 16:25 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 | 0:00 | 2:26 | 19:45 |
| 22 R. Shannon | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:26 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12:45 | 3:16 | 0:06 | 16:07 |
| 7 M. Carkner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 17:31 |
| 18 J. Cheechoo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:28 |
| 13 P. Regin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:22 |
| 54 A. Picard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 | 1:13 | 0:49 | 19:43 |
| 65 E. Karlsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 3:07 | 0:00 | 20:07 |
| 71 N. Foligno | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12:04 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 14:52 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:28 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 15:17 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16229 |
| Referees | Paul Devorski, Francois StLaurent |
| Linesmen | David Brisebois, Brian Murphy |
| 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 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| K. Turris | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| E. Karlsson | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| E. Condra | 10 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| J. Pageau | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Gonchar | 10 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| M. Michalek | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Methot | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Greening | 10 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| J. Silfverberg | 10 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| R. Lehner | 0 | 1 | 0 | .920 | 2.45 |
| C. Anderson | 5 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 3.01 |