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

First Period: Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Ray 1 (Andreychuk, Rasmussen), 3:18. 2, Buffalo, C Gratton 2 (Gilmour, Patrick), 4:47. Penalties: Langdon, Car (fighting major), 9:52; Ray, Buf (fighting major), 9:52; T Westlund, Car (Obstr holding), 17:28.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Buffalo, Rasmussen 2 (Andreychuk, Kalinin), 2:48. Penalties: Brindamour, Car (holding stick), 3:28; Kapanen, Car (roughing), 17:44; Warrener, Buf (roughing), 17:44; Warrener, Buf (tripping), 19:54.
Third Period: Scoring: 4, Buffalo, Dumont 3 (power play) (Patrick, Varada), 4:41. 5, Carolina, Oneill 2 (Brindamour, Ozolinsh), 9:27. Penalties: Ozolinsh, Car (hooking), 4:12; Langdon, Car (roughing), 18:27; Ray, Buf ( double roughing minor), 18:27.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		3	14	14	--31
Buffalo		11	11	9	--31

Power-play Conversions: Car - 0 of 2, Buf - 1 of 3. Goalies: Carolina, Moss (31 shots, 27 saves; record: 0-2-0). Buffalo, Hasek (31, 30; record: 1-4-1). A:14,912. Referees: Joannette, Marouelli. Linesmen: Scapinello, Murray.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Carolina					Buffalo
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Adams Battaglia Brindamour Dimaio Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko Kapanen Karpa Langdon Malik Oneill Ozolinsh T Westlund Vasicek Wallin Willis	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	-2 +1 even even even even even -1 even even -2 -1 even -1 -2 even -1 -1	1 0 3 5 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 5 0 0	Afinogenov Andreychuk Brown C Gratton Dumont Gilmour Kalinin Mckee Patrick Rasmussen Ray S Barnes Satan Smehlik Tsyplakov Varada Warrener Woolley	0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0	even +2 even even even even +2 even even +2 +2 even even +2 even even even even	2 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 3 0 2