Carolina 2 0 1—3
Philadelphia 3 2 0—5
First Period—1, Philadelphia, Foster 1 (Read, Couturier), 5:08 (pp). 2, Carolina, Pitkanen 1 (E.Staal), 8:47. 3, Philadelphia, Coburn 1 (Voracek, B.Schenn), 14:27. 4, Philadelphia, Briere 1 (Giroux, Timonen), 15:25 (pp). 5, Carolina, E.Staal 6 (Tlusty), 15:58. Penalties—Jokinen, Car (interference), 3:34Harrison, Car, major (fighting), 9:08Sestito, Phi, major (fighting), 9:08Jokinen, Car (slashing), 14:39.
Second Period—6, Philadelphia, Knuble 1 (Read), :52. 7, Philadelphia, Giroux 3 (Timonen, Briere), 12:43 (pp). Penalties—Timonen, Phi (cross-checking), 9:26Carolina bench, served by Dalpe (too many men), 12:24Fedotenko, Phi (tripping), 12:57Briere, Phi (slashing), 16:36.
Third Period—8, Carolina, Dwyer 2 (J.Staal, Skinner), 3:29 (pp). Penalties—Voracek, Phi (tripping), 1:33Coburn, Phi (interference), 9:23Talbot, Phi (delay of game), 11:36Tlusty, Car (goaltender interference), 18:36Coburn, Phi (interference), 18:36.
Shots on Goal—Carolina 13-14-15—42. Philadelphia 11-10-3—24.
Power-play opportunities—Carolina 1 of 6Philadelphia 3 of 3.
Goalies—Carolina, Ellis 2-1-0 (12 shots-8 saves), Ward (0:52 second, 12-11). Philadelphia, Bryzgalov 3-5-0 (42-39).
A—19,691 (19,538). T—2:38.
Referees—Ghislain Hebert, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen—David Brisebois, Tim Nowak.