1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Buffalo	1	2	2	5
Carolina	0	1	0	1

First Period: Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Mckee 5 (unassisted), 9:08. Penalties: Zhitnik, Buf (cross checking), 12:32; Mccarthy, Car (cross checking), 12:32.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Carolina, Roberts 21 (power play) (Francis, Coffey), 7:19. 3, Buffalo, Brown 20 (Satan, Gilmour), 7:36. 4, Buffalo, Satan 32 (Gilmour, Brown), 15:09. Penalties: Karpa, Car (slashing), 3:25; Tsyplakov, Buf (Obstr tripping), 6:48; Woolley, Buf (boarding), 9:29; Hill, Car (holding), 19:40.
Third Period: Scoring: 5, Buffalo, Tsyplakov 12 (Satan, Gilmour), 8:15. 6, Buffalo, Gilmour 25 (Satan), 11:31. Penalties: Ray, Buf (goalie interference), 14:41.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Buffalo		9	10	8	--27
Carolina		14	8	10	--32

Power-play Conversions: Buf - 0 of 2, Car - 1 of 3. Goalies: Buffalo, Hasek (32 shots, 31 saves; record: 12-9-5). Carolina, Irbe (27, 22; record: 29-27-9). A:15,395. Referees: Van Massenhoven, S Walkom. Linesmen: Driscoll, Schachte.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Buffalo					Carolina
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Afinogenov Brown C Gratton D Ward Gilmour Mckee Patrick R Warrener Rasmussen Ray S Barnes Sanderson Satan Smehlik Tsyplakov Varada Woolley Zhitnik	0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0	0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0	even +3 +1 +1 +3 +1 even +1 +1 +1 even even +4 +4 +1 even even +4	3 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 0	Battaglia Brind'amour Coffey Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko Hill J Daniels Kapanen Karpa Kovalenko Kron Malik Mccarthy Oneill Roberts T Westlund	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0	0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	-1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 even -1 even even -1 -1 -2 -1	2 1 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 2 2 0