1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
Carolina	2	2	0	4
Atlanta	1	2	0	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, Carolina, Roberts 22 (Francis, Kapanen), 0:24. 2, Carolina, Tanabe 4 (T Westlund, J Daniels), 11:07. 3, Atlanta, Audette 18 (Kaberle, Guolla), 17:12. 
Second Period: Scoring: 4, Atlanta, Brunette 23 (Stapleton, Ferraro), 2:26. 5, Carolina, Roberts 23 (power play) (Coffey, Kapanen), 6:54. 6, Carolina, Kapanen 24 (Francis, Roberts), 9:37. 7, Atlanta, Kaberle 1 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 10:52. Penalties: Roberts, Car (boarding), 0:23; Vyshedkevich, Atl (holding), 5:47; Galanov, Atl (cross checking), 9:46.
Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Kovalenko, Car (tripping), 2:16.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Carolina		7	13	7	--27
Atlanta		8	8	13	--29

Power-play Conversions: Car - 1 of 2, Atl - 0 of 2. Goalies: Carolina, Irbe (29 shots, 26 saves; record: 33-28-9). Atlanta, Rhodes (13, 9; record: 5-18-3), N Maracle (9:37 of 2nd period, 14, 14). A:18,612. Referees: Fraser, Watson. Linesmen: Broseker, Nowak.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

Carolina					Atlanta
	G	A	+/-	Shots		G	A	+/-	Shots
Battaglia Coffey Francis G Wesley Gelinas Halko J Daniels Kapanen Kovalenko Kron Leschyshyn Malik Mccarthy Oneill Ranheim Roberts T Westlund Tanabe	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1	0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0	-1 -1 +1 even even -1 even +1 -1 -1 +1 even +1 -1 -1 +1 even +2	4 2 2 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 1	Audette Brunette Buzek Domenichelli Donovan Ferraro Galanov Garpenlov Guolla Harlock Johnson Kaberle Karlsson Stapleton Stefan Sylvester Tamer Vyshedkevich	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0	+1 +1 +1 +1 even +1 even -1 +1 -1 -2 even even +1 -2 -2 even even	2 3 0 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 6 0 3 0 0