New Jersey 7, Carolina 4
First Period
1. Carolina, Svechnikov 14 (Trocheck, Smith) 2:20.
2. Carolina, Cole 2 (Necas, Svechnikov) 5:44.
3. New Jersey, Bastian 7 (Graves, Kuokkanen) 17:26.
4. New Jersey, Bastian 8 (Graves, McLeod) 19:06.
Penalties — None.
Second Period
5. Carolina, Leivo 1 (Kotkaniemi, DeAngelo) 3:25.
6. New Jersey, McLeod 3 (Johnsson, Subban) 8:47.
7. New Jersey, Johnsson 10 (Mercer, Zacha) 11:16.
8. Carolina, Skjei 6 (Stepan, Leivo) 15:34.
9. New Jersey, Bratt 11 (Sharangovich, Graves) 18:19.
Penalties — Cole Car (holding) 6:04; Tatar NJ (hooking) 12:53.
Third Period
10. New Jersey, Hughes 10 (Severson, Hischier) 12:51 (pp).
11. New Jersey, Zacha 10 (Mercer, Johnsson) 13:55.
Penalties — Cole Car (holding) 11:51; Leivo Car (high-sticking) 19:55.
Shots on goal by
| Carolina | 10 | 8 | 14 | _ | 32 |
| New Jersey | 13 | 11 | 14 | _ | 38 |
Goal — Carolina: Lafontaine (L, 0-1-0). New Jersey: Gillies (W, 1-2-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Carolina: 0-1; New Jersey: 1-3.
Referees — Ghislain Hebert, Brian Pochmara. Linesmen — Ben O'Quinn, David Brisebois.
Attendance — 13,657 at New Jersey.
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