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

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Gelinas 3 (Vasicek, G Wesley), 4:56. 2, Montreal, Rucinsky 2 (power play) (Savage, T Linden), 12:22. Penalties: Laflamme, Mon (interference), 2:44; G Wesley, Car (slashing), 11:00; Halko, Car (boarding), 18:05.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Montreal, Savage 3 (T Linden, Rucinsky), 1:15. 4, Carolina, Willis 2 (power play) (Ozolinsh, Vasicek), 8:54. 5, Montreal, T Linden 3 (Rucinsky, Savage), 19:48. Penalties: Laflamme, Mon (holding), 2:35; Rivet, Mon (roughing), 7:09; Langdon, Car (slashing), 17:11.
Third Period: Scoring: 6, Montreal, Savage 4 (T Linden, Rucinsky), 5:36. 7, Montreal, Savage 5 (empty net) (Rucinsky), 19:05. Penalties: Battaglia, Car (tripping), 9:23; Laflamme, Mon ( double high sticking minor), 11:57; Oneill, Car (slashing), 12:41; Karpa, Car (roughing), 14:21; T Linden, Mon (slashing), 14:21; Oneill, Car (slashing, roughing), 19:47; Rivet, Mon (roughing), 19:47.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		6	9	5	--20
Montreal		7	8	8	--23

Power-play Conversions: Car - 1 of 5, Mon - 1 of 4. Goalies: Carolina, Irbe (22 shots, 18 saves; record: 2-1-2). Montreal, Theodore (20, 18; record: 2-0-0). A:19,654. Referees: Jackson, Joannette. Linesmen: Kovachik, Nowak.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Carolina					Montreal
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Battaglia Brindamour Dimaio Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko J Daniels Kapanen Karpa Kuznik Langdon Oneill Ozolinsh Rucinski T Westlund Vasicek Willis	0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0	-2 -2 +1 -2 -1 even -1 even -1 -1 even even -2 -3 even even even -2	2 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3	Brisebois Brunet Campbell Darby J Lind Laflamme Markov Petrov Poulin Rivet Rucinsky Savage Shannon Stock T Linden Weinrich Zholtok Zubrus	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0	+2 even even even even -1 +2 -1 even +2 +4 +3 -1 even +4 +2 -1 even	2 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 1 2