
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 05:18 | CAR | Tom Kostopoulos (8) Wrist Shot - Assists: Z. Boychuk (4) |
| 06:23 | CAR | Rod Brind'Amour (6) Backhand - Assists: Z. Boychuk (5) & B. Carson (6) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 15:50 | CAR | Chad LaRose (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: E. Staal (32) & T. Ruutu (17) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 11:55 | OTT | Matt Cullen (13) Backhand - Assists: D. Alfredsson (34) & M. Fisher (25) |
| 18:12 | CAR | EN - Brandon Sutter (16) Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:19 | CAR | Tuomo Ruutu : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:50 | CAR | Tom Kostopoulos : Hooking - 2 min |
| 09:12 | OTT | Matt Carkner : Roughing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:47 | OTT | Chris Neil : Interference - 2 min |
| 18:43 | OTT | Chris Neil : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
OTT |
10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
CAR |
9 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
OTT |
33 P. Leclaire (L) | 3 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 5 | 0.600 | 6:23 |
OTT |
1 B. Elliott | 10 - 11 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 14 - 15 | 0.933 | 53:28 |
CAR |
34 M. Legace (W) | 21 - 22 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 25 - 26 | 0.962 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
OTT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Phillips | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 1:24 | 2:36 | 21:37 |
| 25 A. Sutton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 | 0:15 | 1:58 | 20:41 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 | 1:22 | 1:50 | 14:45 |
| 9 M. Michalek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 | 2:42 | 0:00 | 19:27 |
| 10 S. Donovan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 6:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:18 |
| 11 D. Alfredsson | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:06 | 2:17 | 0:48 | 18:11 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 | 1:39 | 1:43 | 18:19 |
| 19 J. Spezza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 | 2:56 | 0:03 | 19:50 |
| 23 C. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 12:17 |
| 28 A. Volchenkov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 18:19 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 20:55 |
| 25 C. Neil | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 9:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:44 |
| 22 R. Shannon | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 14:37 |
| 27 A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 18:45 |
| 7 M. Carkner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 15:39 |
| 13 P. Regin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:35 | 1:04 | 0:34 | 14:13 |
| 15 B. Lee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 14:40 |
| 65 E. Karlsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:11 | 2:52 | 0:00 | 23:03 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:06 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 11:45 |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 | 1:34 | 2:38 | 22:17 |
| 6 T. Gleason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 | 1:31 | 2:45 | 22:08 |
| 32 Z. Boychuk | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 | 1:17 | 0:00 | 11:37 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 | 2:22 | 1:17 | 18:47 |
| 13 R. Whitney | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 17:43 |
| 14 S. Samsonov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 12:38 |
| 15 T. Ruutu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13:59 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 15:37 |
| 16 B. Sutter | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:56 | 1:58 | 1:17 | 16:11 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 | 1:17 | 0:00 | 12:02 |
| 25 J. Pitkanen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:17 | 3:28 | 1:15 | 27:00 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:24 | 0:55 | 0:31 | 13:50 |
| 3 B. Carson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 15:54 |
| 25 T. Kostopoulos | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11:14 | 1:17 | 0:37 | 13:08 |
| 36 J. Jokinen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:02 | 2:02 | 0:05 | 16:09 |
| 39 P. Dwyer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 13:20 |
| 44 J. Harrison | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:13 |
| 54 A. Picard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 | 1:20 | 1:22 | 18:33 |
| 59 C. LaRose | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 2:47 | 15:53 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17048 |
| Referees | Kerry Fraser, Dean Morton |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Dan Schachte |
| 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 |