1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
New Jersey	0	0	4	4
Carolina	0	1	1	2

First Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Sharifijanov, N.J. , 3:13.
Second Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Kovalenko 2 (Leschyshyn, T Westlund), 4:30. Penalties: Ritchie, Car (roughing), 5:26; Pratt, Car (fighting major), 13:51; Mckay, N.J. (Fighting major), 13:51; Sykora, N.J. (Interference), 14:37; Stevens, N.J. (Boarding), 15:55.
Third Period: Scoring: 2, New Jersey, Rafalski 1 (Mckay, Stevens), 0:51. 3, New Jersey, Oliwa 4 (Souray, Sharifijanov), 2:25. 4, New Jersey, Sykora 1 (Odelein, Gomez), 3:38. 5, Carolina, Battaglia 4 (Pratt, Kapanen), 8:38. 6, New Jersey, Mckay 3 (empty net) (Holik), 19:56. Penalties: Oliwa, N.J. (Cross checking), 11:55.

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		12	11	9	--32
Carolina		6	7	8	--21

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 1, Car - 0 of 4. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (21 shots, 19 saves; record: 6-1-1). Carolina, Irbe (31, 28; record: 3-2-3). A:18,730. Referees: P Devorski, Kowal. Linesmen: Broseker, Sartison.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Carolina
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Brylin Elias Gomez Holik K Daneyko Madden Mckay Niedermayer Odelein Oliwa Pandolfo Pederson Rafalski Rolston Sharifijanov Souray Stevens Sykora	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0	even +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 even +1 -1 -1 even -1 +1 +1 +1 +1	1 2 0 6 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 4 0 1 2 3	Battaglia Coffey Francis Gelinas Hill J Daniels Kapanen Kovalenko Kron Leschyshyn Manderville Oneill Pratt Ranheim Ritchie T Westlund Tanabe Wesley	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0	even -1 even -1 -1 even even -1 -1 even even -2 even even -1 -1 -1 -1	3 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1