| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 12:58 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Goal - Ruslan Fedotenko (4), from Cory Sarich and Paul Ranger at 7:02. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 9:11 | Tampa Bay | Filip Kuba - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 11:31 | Carolina | Andrew Ladd - 2 minutes for roughing |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 9:14 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Power-Play Goal - Martin St. Louis (3), from Brad Richards and Filip Kuba at 10:46. |
| 4:38 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Goal - Martin St. Louis 2 (4), from Filip Kuba and Brad Richards at 15:22. |
| 2:57 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Goal - Martin St. Louis 3 (5), from Dan Boyle at 17:03. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 6:46 | Carolina | Scott Walker - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 10:05 | Carolina | Andrew Hutchinson - 2 minutes for tripping |
| 11:22 | Tampa Bay | Ruslan Fedotenko - 2 minutes for diving |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 15:40 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Power-Play Goal - Vincent Lecavalier (4), from Ruslan Fedotenko and Paul Ranger ar 4:20. |
| 4:15 | Carolina | Carolina Short-Handed Goal - Eric Staal (6), unassisted at 14:45. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 3:44 | Carolina | Erik Cole - 2 minutes for slashing |
| 12:56 | Carolina | Anton Babchuk - 2 minutes for high-sticking |
| 17:50 | Tampa Bay | Cory Sarich - 2 minutes for boarding |
