

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 13:01 | CAR | Eric Staal Backhand - Assists: M. Murray |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:17 | VAN | Trevor Linden Slap Shot - Assists: M. Ohlund |
| OT Period | ||
| 04:13 | VAN | Markus Naslund Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Bertuzzi & B. Sopel |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:30 | CAR | Ron Francis : Tripping - 2 min |
| 19:13 | VAN | Brendan Morrison : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:39 | VAN | Henrik Sedin : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:26 | VAN | Ed Jovanovski : Interference - 2 min |
| 15:38 | VAN | Jarkko Ruutu : Interference - 2 min |
| 15:38 | CAR | Eric Staal : Tripping - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
CAR |
10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
VAN |
13 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 32 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
CAR |
1 K. Weekes | 20 - 21 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 22 - 23 | 0.957 | 48:48 |
CAR |
35 J. Storr (L) | 8 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 9 | 0.889 | 15:25 |
VAN |
35 A. Auld (W) | 29 - 30 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 30 - 31 | 0.968 | 64:13 |
| Skater Stats |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 G. Wesley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:43 | 1:45 | 1:25 | 24:53 |
| 4 A. Ward | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 18:09 |
| 6 B. Hedican | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 20:20 | 2:58 | 0:00 | 23:18 |
| 6 R. Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:14 | 0:03 | 0:35 | 17:52 |
| 10 R. Francis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 15:56 | 2:34 | 0:00 | 18:30 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15:57 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 18:21 |
| 17 K. Adams | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:57 | 0:03 | 0:37 | 5:37 |
| 26 M. Murray | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 | 0:03 | 0:41 | 13:56 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 | 3:16 | 1:23 | 23:54 |
| 17 R. Vrbata | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 15:31 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 17:44 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 2:38 | 1:25 | 19:52 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 | 0:12 | 0:29 | 14:08 |
| 27 C. Adams | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 | 0:31 | 0:50 | 18:31 |
| 36 J. Boulerice | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:05 |
| 95 D. Markov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 20:44 | 3:03 | 0:35 | 24:22 |
| 11 J. Svoboda | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:56 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 8:16 |
| 63 J. Vasicek | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 16:15 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 19:24 |
| 92 J. O'Neill | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 17:43 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 20:58 |
VAN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 M. Ohlund | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:37 | 0:32 | 3:33 | 24:42 |
| 55 B. Sopel | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:33 | 1:01 | 0:03 | 20:37 |
| 55 B. Allen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:54 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 13:18 |
| 6 S. Salo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 19:48 |
| 17 B. Morrison | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 18:27 | 1:15 | 1:06 | 20:48 |
| 8 M. Malik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 20:26 |
| 12 M. Keane | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 | 0:00 | 2:16 | 13:09 |
| 24 B. May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:38 |
| 13 A. Chubarov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:32 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 18:44 |
| 16 T. Linden | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 | 0:45 | 2:42 | 18:49 |
| 19 M. Naslund | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:17 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 21:32 |
| 21 M. Arvedson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 17:32 |
| 22 D. Sedin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:53 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 11:38 |
| 33 H. Sedin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8:41 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 10:09 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:06 | 0:32 | 1:12 | 11:50 |
| 44 T. Bertuzzi | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:35 | 1:28 | 0:03 | 26:06 |
| 55 E. Jovanovski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:10 | 0:59 | 1:07 | 20:16 |
| 71 J. Slegr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:51 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18630 |
| Referees | Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue |
| Linesmen | Lonnie Cameron, Mike Cvik |