| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 11:30 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Eric Staal (27), from Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu at 8:30. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 8:34 | Tampa Bay | Steve Downie - 5 minutes for fighting |
| 8:34 | Carolina | Tim Conboy - 5 minutes for fighting |
| 19:41 | Carolina | Tim Gleason - 2 minutes for interference |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 18:07 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Goal - Vaclav Prospal (14), from Jeff Halpern at 1:53. |
| 5:30 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Jussi Jokinen (1), from Rod Brind`Amour at 14:30. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 4:08 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos - 2 minutes for tripping |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 16:22 | Carolina | Carolina Power-Play Goal - Joe Corvo (10), from Ray Whitney and Sergei Samsonov at 3:38. |
| 15:43 | Carolina | Carolina Power-Play Goal - Joe Corvo 2 (11), from Ray Whitney and Eric Staal at 4:17. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 2:04 | Tampa Bay | David Koci - 2 minutes for roughing |
| 2:21 | Tampa Bay | Matt Smaby - 2 minutes for cross checking |
| 3:11 | Tampa Bay | Jeff Halpern - 2 minutes for slashing |
| 7:30 | Carolina | Niclas Wallin - 2 minutes for slashing |
| 9:11 | Carolina | Joe Corvo - 2 minutes for high-sticking |
| 16:01 | Tampa Bay | Steve Downie - 2 minutes for kneeing |
| 18:37 | Tampa Bay | Steve Eminger - 4 minutes for high-sticking |
