| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 14:37 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Ray Whitney (18), from Anton Babchuk and Dennis Seidenberg at 5:23. |
| 8:12 | NY Islanders | NY Islanders Power-Play Goal - Mark Streit (11), from Blake Comeau and Josh Bailey at 11:48. |
| 3:45 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Matt Cullen (16), from Ray Whitney at 16:15. |
| 2:51 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Eric Staal (25), from Sergei Samsonov and Tim Gleason at 17:09. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 6:19 | Carolina | Niclas Wallin - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 11:09 | Carolina | Dennis Seidenberg - 2 minutes for holding stick |
| 12:59 | NY Islanders | Brendan Witt - 2 minutes for interference |
| 19:50 | Carolina | Tuomo Ruutu - 2 minutes for tripping |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 4:11 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Eric Staal 2 (26), from Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu at 15:49. |
| 0:16 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Dennis Seidenberg (4), from Patrick Eaves at 19:44. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 11:24 | NY Islanders | Radek Martinek - 2 minutes for tripping |
| 12:22 | Carolina | Matt Cullen - 2 minutes for hooking |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 10:10 | Carolina | Carolina Goal - Anton Babchuk (5), from Tuomo Ruutu at 9:50. |
| 9:39 | NY Islanders | NY Islanders Goal - Jon Sim (7), from Andy Hilbert and Radek Martinek at 10:21. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 5:35 | Carolina | Tim Conboy - 2 minutes for goaltender interference |
| 7:49 | Carolina | Tim Conboy - 5 minutes for fighting |
| 7:49 | NY Islanders | Tim Jackman - 17 minutes for minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting |
| 9:55 | Carolina | Chad LaRose - 5 minutes for fighting |
| 9:55 | NY Islanders | Mike Comrie - 5 minutes for fighting |
