1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Washington	1	2	0	3
Carolina	3	2	1	6

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Willis 1 (Brindamour, T Westlund), 1:17. 2, Carolina, Willis 2 (power play) (Francis, Kapanen), 9:45. 3, Washington, Halpern 3 (Zednik), 10:57. 4, Carolina, Willis 3 (power play) (Kapanen, Ozolinsh), 15:04. Penalties: J Daniels, Car (hooking), 6:51; Witt, Was (tripping), 9:09; Halpern, Was (interference), 11:48; Zettler, Was (hooking), 11:48; Sacco, Was (interference), 14:20; Langdon, Car (slashing, hooking), 18:39.
Second Period: Scoring: 5, Washington, Bondra 1 (Witt, C Johansson), 0:43. 6, Carolina, Brindamour 1 (power play) (Willis, Hatcher), 4:08. 7, Carolina, Francis 1 (power play) (Willis, Hatcher), 4:43. 8, Washington, Berube 1 (Zednik), 12:02. Penalties: Farrell, Was (hooking), 0:31; C Johansson, Was (hooking), 4:00; J Murphy, Was (cross checking), 4:00; Washington bench, served by Berube (unsportsmanlike conduct), 4:00; Dimaio, Car (roughing), 7:12; Gelinas, Car (slashing), 7:35; Karpa, Car (cross checking), 8:16; Sutherby, Was (hooking), 19:46.
Third Period: Scoring: 9, Carolina, Battaglia 2 (Dimaio, Vasicek), 6:04. Penalties: Nikolishin, Was (tripping), 7:36; J Murphy, Was (high sticking), 11:17; Brindamour, Car (holding), 15:03; Brindamour, Car (slashing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:21; Bulis, Was (interference), 18:35; C Johansson, Was (interference), 19:06.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Washington		3	12	7	--22
Carolina		7	7	6	--20

Power-play Conversions: Was - 0 of 7, Car - 4 of 8. Goalies: Washington, Billington (20 shots, 14 saves; record: 1-1-0). Carolina, Irbe (22, 19; record: 2-1-0). A:00,000. Referees: Hasenfratz, Roberts. Linesmen: Champoux, Orourke.