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

First Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Madden 18 (Pandolfo, Niedermayer), 1:59. 2, Carolina, Willis 16 (power play) (Brindamour, Hatcher), 16:59. 3, Carolina, G Wesley 5 (power play) (Oneill, Kapanen), 17:50. Penalties: Holik, N.J. (Slashing), 8:47; Jefferson, N.J. (Roughing), 15:24; Jefferson, N.J. (Hooking), 17:23; Bicek, N.J. (Holding), 18:41.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, New Jersey, Elias 22 (shorthanded) (White, S Stevens), 7:42. Penalties: Tanabe, Car (tripping), 5:33; Dagenais, N.J. (Goalie interference), 6:54; T Stevenson, N.J. ( Double roughing minor), 13:33.
Third Period: Scoring: 5, Carolina, Willis 17 (Tanabe, Gelinas), 3:18. Penalties: Bicek, N.J. , 8:32.

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		10	12	6	--28
Carolina		10	7	5	--22

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 1, Car - 2 of 8. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (22 shots, 19 saves; record: 27-15-11). Carolina, Irbe (28, 26; record: 26-20-7). A:14,685. Referees: Kimmerly, Koharski. Linesmen: Racicot, S Provost.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Carolina
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Bicek Dagenais Elias Gron Holik J Mckenzie Jefferson K Daneyko Madden Nemchinov Niedermayer Pandolfo R Mckay Rafalski S Stevens Sutton T Stevenson White	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1	-1 even +1 +1 -1 even even even +1 even +1 +1 even -1 even even even +2	1 1 4 2 6 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 2 0	Battaglia Brindamour Dimaio Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko Hatcher J Daniels Kapanen Karpa Malik Oneill Ozolinsh T Westlund Tanabe Vasicek Willis	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0	-1 even even even +1 +1 even even even even -2 even -1 -2 even even -1 even	3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3