| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 13:05 | Detroit | Detroit Power-Play Goal - Nicklas Lidstrom (1) , from Pavel Datsyuk at 6:55. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 6:35 | Carolina | Ray Whitney - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 9:37 | Detroit | Niklas Kronwall - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 18:03 | Detroit | Kirk Maltby - 2 minutes for delay of game |
| 19:26 | Detroit | Niklas Kronwall - 2 minutes for roughing |
| 19:54 | Carolina | Rod Brind`Amour - 2 minutes for holding |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 19:03 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Joe Corvo (1) , from Ray Whitney and Frantisek Kaberle at 0:57. |
| 14:57 | Detroit | Detroit Power-Play Goal - Tomas Holmstrom (3) , from Marian Hossa and Brian Rafalski at 5:04. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 4:20 | Carolina | Sergei Samsonov - 2 minutes for slashing |
| 8:39 | Carolina | Ray Whitney - 2 minutes for slashing |
| 10:56 | Carolina | Tim Gleason - 4 minutes for cross-checking, unsportsmanlike conduct |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 0:16 | Detroit | Detroit Empty Net Goal - Henrik Zetterberg (1) , from Dan Cleary and Brian Rafalski at 19:44. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 9:45 | Detroit | Johan Franzen - 2 minutes for tripping |
