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

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Vasicek 2 (power play) (Gelinas, Ozolinsh), 6:18. 2, New Jersey, Mogilny 4 (Holik, Elias), 18:00. Penalties: T Stevenson, N.J. ( Double high sticking minor), 4:20; G Wesley, Car (interference), 14:30; Sutton, N.J. (Elbowing), 19:21.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Carolina, Francis 2 (Battaglia), 2:43. 4, New Jersey, Madden 1 (Gomez, S Stevens), 15:37. 5, Carolina, Willis 3 (Brindamour, Kapanen), 17:06. Penalties: J Mckenzie, N.J. (Interference, fighting major), 3:43; Langdon, Car (fighting major), 3:43; Ozolinsh, Car (boarding), 8:34; Willis, Car (hooking), 11:26; Goc, N.J. (Holding), 18:02.
Third Period: Scoring: 6, New Jersey, Elias 3 (R Mckay, Holik), 5:39. Penalties: Ward, N.J. (Holding), 5:53; S Stevens, N.J. (Roughing), 14:29; Karpa, Car (roughing), 14:29; Karpa, Car (misconduct), 20:00; K Daneyko, N.J. (Misconduct), 20:00.
Overtime: Scoring: None. 

SHOTS ON GOAL

New Jersey		11	12	7	1	--31
Carolina		11	7	7	4	--29

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 3, Car - 1 of 6. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (29 shots, 26 saves; record: 3-2-2). Carolina, Irbe (31, 28; record: 2-2-3). A:18,730. Referees: Faucette, S Walkom. Linesmen: Champoux, Dapuzzo.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

New Jersey					Carolina
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Brylin Elias Goc Gomez Holik J Mckenzie K Daneyko Kelly Madden Mogilny Nemchinov R Mckay Rafalski S Stevens Sutton T Stevenson Ward White	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0	-1 +1 even even +1 even even even +1 even even even +1 +1 -1 +1 even +1	5 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 4	Adams Battaglia Brindamour Dimaio Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko Kapanen Karpa Langdon Malik Oneill Ozolinsh T Westlund Vasicek Wallin Willis	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1	0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	even +1 -1 -1 +1 -2 -1 -2 -1 even even even +1 +1 even -1 even -1	0 2 4 0 4 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 1