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

First Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: G Wesley, Car (interference), 7:22; Satan, Buf (holding), 11:27; Coffey, Car (hooking), 12:13; Pratt, Car (roughing), 14:38.
Second Period: Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Varada 8 (R Warrener, Tsyplakov), 0:32. 2, Carolina, Ranheim 9 (Battaglia, Kron), 11:41. Penalties: Gilmour, Buf (slashing), 6:24; C Gratton, Buf (elbowing), 16:02; Gelinas, Car (holding, misconduct), 19:40; Patrick, Buf (high sticking), 19:52.
Third Period: Scoring: 3, Carolina, Coffey 9 (power play) (Francis), 12:26. 4, Carolina, Hill 13 (empty net) (unassisted), 19:55. Penalties: Tsyplakov, Buf (high sticking), 5:58; D Ward, Buf (high sticking), 8:11; Varada, Buf (interference), 10:58; Pratt, Car (roughing), 14:13; C Gratton, Buf (roughing), 14:13; Buffalo bench, served by D Ward (Delay of game), 19:55.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		7	12	8	--27
Buffalo		7	7	6	--20

Power-play Conversions: Car - 1 of 8, Buf - 0 of 4. Goalies: Carolina, Irbe (20 shots, 19 saves; record: 31-27-9). Buffalo, Hasek (26, 24; record: 12-10-5). A:18,690. Referees: Larue, B Mccreary. Linesmen: Amell, Scapinello.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

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