| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| No Scoring |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 19:38 | Carolina | Cory Stillman - 2 minutes for holding |
| 19:38 | Montreal | Michael Ryder - 2 minutes for hooking |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 17:34 | Carolina | Carolina Power-Play Goal - Justin Williams (27), from Eric Staal and Rod Brind`Amour at 2:26. |
| 15:15 | Montreal | Montreal Goal - Alexei Kovalev (13), from Tomas Plekanec at 4:45. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 1:30 | Montreal | Mike Komisarek - 2 minutes for tripping |
| 9:02 | Montreal | Saku Koivu - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 13:34 | Carolina | David Tanabe - 2 minutes for holding |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 9:07 | Carolina | Carolina Power-Play Goal - Frantisek Kaberle (1), from Ray Whitney and Rod Brind`Amour at 10:52. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 5:58 | Carolina | Justin Williams - 2 minutes for holding |
| 9:27 | Montreal | Saku Koivu - 2 minutes for holding |
| 14:55 | Carolina | Andrew Ladd - 5 minutes for fighting |
| 14:55 | Montreal | Craig Rivet - 5 minutes for fighting |