1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Carolina	1	0	1	2
Florida	0	1	3	4

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Svoboda 1 (Vasicek, Koehler), 15:56. Penalties: Adams, Car (kneeing), 0:32; Ratchuk, Fla (slashing), 5:28; Koehler, Car (interference), 9:07; Battaglia, Car (slashing), 12:58; Spacek, Fla (boarding), 18:53.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Florida, P Bure 2 (Larionov, Spacek), 2:28. Penalties: Malik, Car (charging), 5:18; Ritchie, Car (hooking), 8:00; Karpa, Car (fighting major), 12:16; Tetarenko, Fla served by Novoseltsev (roughing, fighting major), 12:16; Wilson, Fla (roughing), 13:08; Jakopin, Fla (fighting major), 13:08; Adams, Car (fighting major), 13:08; Ritchie, Car (hooking), 18:07.
Third Period: Scoring: 3, Carolina, Wallin 2 (power play) (Vasicek, Gelinas), 2:38. 4, Florida, Spacek 1 (P Bure, Shvidki), 3:51. 5, Florida, P Bure 3 (power play) (Spacek, Hedican), 5:41. 6, Florida, P Bure 4 (empty net) (Sillinger, Shvidki), 19:53. Penalties: Ratchuk, Fla (hooking), 2:13; Macneil, Car (slashing), 3:57; Macneil, Car (roughing), 16:06; Sillinger, Fla (slashing), 16:06; Hedican, Fla (hooking), 16:39.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		7	13	12	--32
Florida		7	12	8	--27

Power-play Conversions: Car - 1 of 5, Fla - 1 of 7. Goalies: Carolina, Pelletier (26 shots, 23 saves; record: 0-1-0). Florida, Kidd (32, 30; record: 1-0-0). A:12,728. Referees: Joannette, Peel. Linesmen: Brisebois, Racicot.