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

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Vasicek 1 (Battaglia), 11:25. Penalties: Gelinas, Car (holding), 9:03; Konowalchuk, Was (interference), 11:42; Kapanen, Car (tripping), 13:06; Wallin, Car (charging), 16:29.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Washington, Zednik 3 (Beech, Bulis), 1:48. 3, Carolina, Malik 2 (power play) (Kapanen, Tanabe), 6:28. 4, Carolina, Battaglia 4 (Dimaio, Halko), 15:33. 5, Washington, Metropolit 1 (Witt, J Murphy), 15:56. Penalties: Cutta, Was (slashing), 2:38; Bondra, Was (high sticking), 4:25; Witt, Was (slashing), 4:45; Langdon, Car (hooking), 12:13; Willis, Car (Ob hooking), 16:47; Dimaio, Car (roughing), 19:15.
Third Period: Scoring: 6, Washington, Zednik 4 (Bulis, C Johansson), 7:49. 7, Carolina, Oneill 2 (T Westlund, Gelinas), 12:56. 8, Carolina, T Westlund 1 (Oneill, Gelinas), 18:08. Penalties: Oates, Was (slashing), 4:46.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		6	13	13	--32
Washington		10	11	7	--28

Power-play Conversions: Car - 1 of 5, Was - 0 of 6. Goalies: Carolina, Moss (28 shots, 25 saves; record: 2-2-0). Washington, Billington (32, 27; record: 2-2-0). A:10,449. Referees: Joannette, Zelkin. Linesmen: Broseker, Nowak.