1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Carolina	1	0	1	2
Montreal	1	1	1	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Roberts 18 (Coffey, Brind'amour), 7:10. 2, Montreal, Brunet 13 (Rucinsky, Brisebois), 7:43. Penalties: Stevenson, Mon (interference), 10:15; Gelinas, Car (hooking), 18:22.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Montreal, Belanger 3 (Savage, Laflamme), 12:27. Penalties: T Westlund, Car (fighting major), 3:56; Zubrus, Mon (fighting major), 3:56; Gelinas, Car (high sticking), 10:26; Stevenson, Mon (Obstr tripping), 18:28; Malik, Car (roughing), 3:59; Zubrus, Mon (roughing), 3:59.
Third Period: Scoring: 4, Montreal, Savage 15 (Brisebois, Lachance), 9:41. 5, Carolina, Hill 10 (Kapanen, Brind'amour), 19:24. Penalties: Hill, Car (Obstr hooking), 15:36.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		8	14	13	--35
Montreal		7	13	7	--27

Power-play Conversions: Car - 0 of 2, Mon - 0 of 3. Goalies: Carolina, Irbe (27 shots, 24 saves; record: 27-25-9). Montreal, Hackett (35, 33; record: 19-20-6). A:21,273. Referees: Fraser, Stewart. Linesmen: Gagnon, Champoux.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Carolina					Montreal
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Battaglia Brind'amour Coffey Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko Hill Kapanen Karpa Kovalenko Kron Malik Mccarthy Oneill Ranheim Roberts T Westlund	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0	0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	even +2 +1 -2 -2 -2 even -1 +1 even even even even even -1 -1 +1 even	1 2 4 1 2 5 0 5 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 1	Belanger Brisebois Brunet Cummins Darby Dykhuis Lachance Laflamme Petrov Poulin Rivet Rucinsky Savage Souray Stevenson Weinrich Zholtok Zubrus	1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0	0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	+2 +1 +1 even -1 even even +1 even even -1 +2 +2 +1 -1 -1 -1 even	1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 5 0 1 6 1