| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:05 | CAR | PPG - Jeff O'Neill Snap Shot - Assists: P. Brendl & S. Hill |
| 11:02 | ATL | Shawn McEachern Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Stefan & F. Kaberle |
| 12:20 | ATL | Ilya Kovalchuk Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Tjarnqvist |
| 16:19 | ATL | PPG - Ilya Kovalchuk Slap Shot - Assists: F. Kaberle & R. Petrovicky |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:23 | CAR | Jeff O'Neill Snap Shot - Assists: E. Staal & D. Markov |
| 13:18 | CAR | Kevyn Adams Backhand - Assists: R. Boughner & R. Brind'Amour |
| 14:02 | CAR | Jeff O'Neill Backhand - Assists: P. Brendl & A. Ward |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:33 | ATL | Vyacheslav Kozlov : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:24 | CAR | Sean Hill : Holding the stick - 2 min |
| 19:49 | CAR | Bret Hedican : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:52 | CAR | Josef Vasicek : Hooking - 2 min |
| 06:35 | CAR | Sean Hill : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 06:35 | ATL | Frantisek Kaberle : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 09:50 | CAR | Glen Wesley : Holding - 2 min |
| 10:26 | ATL | Shawn McEachern : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:00 | ATL | Yannick Tremblay : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 09:24 | CAR | Robert Boughner : Tripping - 2 min |
| 11:25 | CAR | Pavel Brendl : Roughing - 2 min |
| 11:25 | ATL | Randy Robitaille : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
 CAR |
12 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
 ATL |
13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
| CAR |
1 K. Weekes (W) | 19 - 21 | 8 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 27 - 30 | 0.900 | 60:00 |
| ATL |
34 B. Dafoe (L) | 19 - 22 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 22 - 26 | 0.846 | 58:41 |
| Skater Stats |
| CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 G. Wesley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:16 | 0:04 | 3:21 | 18:41 |
| 4 A. Ward | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 1:25 | 1:45 | 19:17 |
| 6 B. Hedican | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:50 | 1:34 | 1:43 | 21:07 |
| 6 R. Boughner | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 13:17 |
| 10 R. Francis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 | 1:27 | 0:21 | 12:43 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 2:20 | 1:20 | 18:18 |
| 17 K. Adams | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:36 | 0:11 | 2:54 | 17:41 |
| 26 M. Murray | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:59 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 9:50 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 | 0:21 | 3:30 | 19:35 |
| 17 R. Vrbata | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:25 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 14:26 |
| 6 S. Hill | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 18:52 | 2:03 | 3:15 | 24:10 |
| 28 P. Brendl | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | 2:20 | 0:31 | 15:41 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:12 | 1:27 | 0:58 | 14:37 |
| 27 C. Adams | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:47 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 10:02 |
| 36 J. Boulerice | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:00 |
| 95 D. Markov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17:26 | 2:34 | 2:24 | 22:24 |
| 63 J. Vasicek | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 11:13 | 1:27 | 0:01 | 12:41 |
| 92 J. O'Neill | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:11 | 2:20 | 0:04 | 16:35 |
| ATL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 34 G. Exelby | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 22:45 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 24:30 |
| 22 T. Kloucek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:21 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 6:01 |
| 5 F. Kaberle | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:12 | 3:42 | 2:00 | 27:54 |
| 11 J. Vigier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 | 1:11 | 2:18 | 14:07 |
| 13 V. Kozlov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17:24 | 5:05 | 0:40 | 23:09 |
| 41 B. Simon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:11 |
| 20 J. Cowan | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:58 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 20:21 | 7:31 | 0:56 | 28:48 |
| 17 S. McEachern | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14:07 | 5:28 | 2:01 | 21:36 |
| 49 F. Lessard | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:27 |
| 26 R. Petrovicky | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 | 3:50 | 0:00 | 18:49 |
| 27 P. Stefan | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:27 | 0:39 | 2:26 | 15:32 |
| 27 R. Robitaille | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15:32 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 19:18 |
| 29 D. Tjarnqvist | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 | 0:25 | 2:28 | 21:01 |
| 28 Y. Tremblay | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 17:10 | 3:19 | 1:14 | 21:43 |
| 34 J. Grand-Pierre | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:27 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 8:36 |
| 41 D. Corso | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 17:21 |
| 89 Z. Blatny | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:16 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 7:27 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 16060 |
| Referees | Blaine Angus, Dean Warren |
| Linesmen | Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot |
