

| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 11:59 | CAR | Eric Staal Tip-In - Assists: B. Hedican |
| 17:44 | CAR | Cory Stillman Tip-In - Assists: R. Brind'Amour & G. Wesley |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:37 | PIT | PPG - Ryan Malone Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| 18:36 | PIT | PPG - Ziggy Palffy Tip-In - Assists: S. Crosby & R. Jackman |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Mario Lemieux | PIT | Save |
| Cory Stillman | CAR | Goal |
| Zigmund Palffy | PIT | Miss |
| Matt Cullen | CAR | Save |
| Sidney Crosby | PIT | Save |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:02 | PIT | Rob Scuderi : Hooking - 2 min |
| 15:36 | CAR | Cory Stillman : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:00 | PIT | Sergei Gonchar : Holding - 2 min |
| 04:29 | PIT | Rob Scuderi : Hooking - 2 min |
| 07:23 | CAR | Niclas Wallin : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:53 | CAR | Glen Wesley : Hooking - 2 min |
| 13:39 | PIT | Ryan Vandenbussche : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 13:39 | CAR | Jesse Boulerice : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 16:06 | PIT | Josef Melichar : Tripping - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:28 | CAR | Glen Wesley : Slashing - 2 min |
| 08:54 | PIT | Dick Tarnstrom : Holding - 2 min |
| 11:57 | PIT | Mark Recchi : Hooking - 2 min |
| 14:54 | CAR | Niclas Wallin : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 14:54 | CAR | Niclas Wallin : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 15:50 | PIT | Sergei Gonchar : Holding - 2 min |
| 16:39 | CAR | Oleg Tverdovsky : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:18 | PIT | Michal Sivek : Slashing - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
PIT |
7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
CAR |
14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 33 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
PIT |
35 S. Caron (L) | 25 - 27 | 6 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 31 - 33 | 0.939 | 64:52 |
CAR |
30 C. Ward (W) | 16 - 16 | 9 - 11 | 3 - 3 | 28 - 30 | 0.933 | 64:55 |
| Skater Stats |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 16:02 | 0:00 | 6:41 | 22:43 |
| 33 S. Poapst | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 | 0:03 | 6:44 | 18:04 |
| 7 R. Scuderi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 12:29 | 0:13 | 3:50 | 16:32 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 16:26 | 3:48 | 1:23 | 21:37 |
| 27 R. Fata | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:05 | 0:00 | 5:45 | 12:50 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 8:48 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 11:09 |
| 11 L. Pirjeta | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:14 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 6:17 |
| 12 R. Malone | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 11:17 | 5:24 | 5:41 | 22:22 |
| 18 M. Murley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:22 | 0:00 | 6:53 | 14:15 |
| 5 R. Jackman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 | 3:27 | 4:22 | 21:25 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:20 | 0:00 | 7:01 | 13:21 |
| 23 D. Tarnstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 15:08 | 6:07 | 1:08 | 22:23 |
| 33 Z. Palffy | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:00 | 3:43 | 0:29 | 17:12 |
| 37 R. Vandenbussche | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 4:06 |
| 55 S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 15:53 | 6:03 | 6:51 | 28:47 |
| 66 M. Lemieux | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12:48 | 6:52 | 1:01 | 20:41 |
| 71 K. Koltsov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:46 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 10:11 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 | 3:07 | 1:35 | 20:09 |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 G. Wesley | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14:13 | 2:06 | 2:59 | 19:18 |
| 4 A. Ward | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:22 | 0:29 | 2:47 | 13:38 |
| 6 B. Hedican | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 | 2:06 | 4:14 | 22:05 |
| 7 N. Wallin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11:16 | 0:29 | 1:56 | 13:41 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:44 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 15:54 |
| 14 J. Williams | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:12 | 6:50 | 2:15 | 21:17 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 | 7:09 | 0:00 | 22:23 |
| 17 K. Adams | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7:23 | 1:10 | 3:48 | 12:21 |
| 17 R. Brind'Amour | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 | 7:11 | 5:11 | 25:15 |
| 26 M. Zigomanis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:22 | 5:32 | 0:00 | 16:54 |
| 23 M. Commodore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:43 | 2:52 | 4:14 | 23:49 |
| 8 A. Hutchinson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:01 | 4:56 | 0:00 | 5:57 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:30 | 5:30 | 1:57 | 17:57 |
| 36 J. Boulerice | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:23 |
| 15 N. Nordgren | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:25 | 0:29 | 1:19 | 10:13 |
| 61 C. Stillman | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13:36 | 7:35 | 0:00 | 21:11 |
| 63 J. Vasicek | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:00 | 6:42 | 0:00 | 20:42 |
| 28 O. Tverdovsky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:11 | 7:20 | 1:00 | 22:31 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18787 |
| Referees | Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Vaughan Rody |