Carolina              0 4 1--5
Pittsburgh            0 0 3--3

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  None
Penalties:
  Straka, PIT (hooking), 12:32
  Wesley, CAR (ob interference), 14:56
  Wesley, CAR (ob interference), 19:55

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Carolina, Sheppard 16 (Primeau, Kron), 4:30
  2, Carolina, Coffey 1 (Kron, Primeau), 7:56
  3, Carolina, Sheppard 18 (O'Neill), 10:31
  4, Carolina, Kapanen 14 (Roberts, Francis), 13:51
Penalties:
  None

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Pittsburgh, Hrdina 6 (Jagr, Kasparaitis), 3:21
  6, Carolina, Ranheim 4 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 7:02
  7, Pittsburgh, Miller 4 (Slegr, Hatcher), 12:39
  8, Pittsburgh, Kasparaitis 1 (Werenka, Jagr), 19:11
Penalties:
  Hrdina, PIT (ob tripping), 4:25
  Wesley, CAR (hooking), 5:59

Shots on Goal:
  Carolina               6 11  5--22
  Pittsburgh            13 10 12--35

Goalies:
  Carolina, Irbe (35 shots, 32 saves; record: 15-11-5)
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (6, 6)
    Skudra (start of 2nd, 16, 11; record: 4-4-3)

Power-play conversions: CAR - 0 of 3, PIT - 0 of 2
Referees: P Devorski
Linesmen: McElman, Amell
Attendance: 14,731 (out of 17,181)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Carolina                              Pittsburgh
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
Battaglia      0   0   -1     0       A Morozov      0   0   even   2
Burt           0   0   even   1       Barnes         0   0   -1     4
Coffey         1   0   +1     2       Galanov        0   0   -2     1
Dineen         0   0   -1     1       Hatcher        0   1   -1     3
Francis        0   1   even   0       Hrdina         1   0   +2     1
Gelinas        0   0   +1     1       I Moran        0   0   -1     3
Kapanen        1   0   even   2       Jagr           0   2   +1     7
Kron           0   2   +1     3       Kasparaitis    1   1   +1     2
Leschyshyn     0   0   even   1       Kesa           0   0   -1     0
Malik          0   0   +2     0       Kovalev        0   0   -2     3
Manderville    0   0   +1     0       Lang           0   0   -1     0
O'Neill        0   1   even   2       Miller         1   0   +2     1
Pratt          0   0   even   0       Slegr          0   1   even   1
Primeau        0   2   +1     0       Sonnenberg     0   0   even   1
Ranheim        1   0   +1     1       Straka         0   0   -3     2
Roberts        0   1   even   1       Titov          0   0   -3     2
Sheppard       2   0   +2     5       Werenka        0   1   even   1
Wesley         0   0   +1     2       Wright         0   0   even   1
Hill           Ankle Injury           Wilkinson      Back Injury
Halko          Healthy                Serowik        Concussion
Rucinski       Healthy                Dollas         Healthy