1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Pittsburgh	3	1	2	6
Carolina	0	3	1	4

First Period: Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 4 (J Beranek, Hrdina), 5:19. 2, Pittsburgh, I Moran 3 (unassisted), 11:07. 3, Pittsburgh, Straka 27 (Kovalev, Kucera), 13:27. Penalties: Hrdina, Pit (holding), 0:49; Laukkanen, Pit (roughing), 6:47; Kapanen, Car (cross checking), 6:47; Lacouture, Pit (interference), 15:04; Gelinas, Car served by Battaglia (roughing), 15:04; Ference, Pit (hooking), 19:00.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, Carolina, Tanabe 7 (power play) (Oneill, Irbe), 5:37. 5, Carolina, Oneill 41 (power play) (Francis, Tanabe), 7:26. 6, Carolina, T Westlund 5 (S Pellerin, Willis), 14:06. 7, Pittsburgh, Hrdina 15 (power play) (Kovalev, Ference), 16:21. Penalties: Ference, Pit (high sticking), 4:30; Primeau, Pit (high sticking), 6:50; Oliwa, Pit (charging), 9:24; Tibbetts, Pit (roughing), 9:24; Dimaio, Car (roughing), 9:24; Tanabe, Car (holding), 14:38.
Third Period: Scoring: 8, Pittsburgh, Ference 4 (Primeau, Kucera), 11:04. 9, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 5 (Kovalev, M Bergevin), 11:36. 10, Carolina, Brindamour 20 (power play) (Hatcher, Ozolinsh), 16:39. Penalties: Battaglia, Car (boarding), 0:25; Pittsburgh bench, served by Hrdina (too many men on the ice), 2:32; M Bergevin, Pit (roughing), 6:12; Brindamour, Car (roughing), 6:12; Laukkanen, Pit (roughing), 10:11; Kapanen, Car (roughing), 10:11; Dollas, Pit (holding), 15:32; M Bergevin, Pit ( double cross checking minor), 19:35; Mckenna, Pit (roughing, misconduct), 19:35.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Pittsburgh		12	3	7	--22
Carolina		11	11	9	--31

Power-play Conversions: Pit - 1 of 2, Car - 3 of 9. Goalies: Pittsburgh, Hedberg (31 shots, 27 saves; record: 7-1-1). Carolina, Irbe (22, 16; record: 37-29-9). A:18,730. Referees: Koharski, Mcgeough. Linesmen: Broseker, D Mccourt.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Pittsburgh					Carolina
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
A Morozov Boughner Dollas Ference Hrdina I Moran J Beranek Kovalev Kucera Lacouture Lang Laukkanen M Bergevin Mckenna Oliwa Primeau Straka Tibbetts	2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0	0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0	+3 +2 +1 +1 even +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 even -1 -1 +2 +1 -1	4 0 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0	Adams Battaglia Brindamour Dimaio Francis G Wesley Gelinas Hatcher Irbe J Daniels Kapanen Karpa Malik Oneill Ozolinsh S Pellerin T Westlund Tanabe Willis	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1	even -2 -1 even -4 -1 -2 even -- even -3 -3 even -1 -3 +1 +1 -1 +1	0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 1 2 1 4 1