Carolina 5, Ottawa 3
| Ottawa | 0 | – | 3 |
| Carolina | 2 | – | 5 |
First Period_1, Ottawa, Joseph 1 (Zub, Kelly), 3:14. Penalties_Pesce, CAR (Holding), 0:45; Giroux, OTT (Hooking), 3:38; Chabot, OTT (Interference on breakaway (Penalty Shot)), 6:16.
Second Period_2, Carolina, Bunting 1 (Aho, DeAngelo), 2:55 (pp). 3, Carolina, Teravainen 1 (Necas, Skjei), 17:57. Penalties_Stutzle, OTT (Slashing), 1:52; Necas, CAR (Holding), 3:38; Kotkaniemi, CAR (Slashing), 6:04; Kastelic, OTT (Interference), 10:17; Tkachuk, OTT (Roughing), 10:17; Martinook, CAR (Cross Checking), 10:17.
Third Period_4, Carolina, Staal 1 (Martinook), 0:20. 5, Ottawa, Kelly 1 (Joseph), 5:14 (sh). 6, Ottawa, Stutzle 1, 5:49. 7, Carolina, Skjei 1 (Fast, Staal), 7:51. 8, Carolina, Slavin 1 (Kotkaniemi, Jarvis), 11:05 (sh). Penalties_Hamonic, OTT (Delay of Game), 3:26; Pesce, CAR (High Sticking), 9:08; Stutzle, OTT (Cross Checking), 11:56; Tkachuk, OTT (Cross Checking), 17:23.
Shots on Goal_Ottawa 12-9-9_30. Carolina 14-18-10_42.
Power-play opportunities_Ottawa 0 of 4; Carolina 1 of 6.
Goalies_Ottawa, Korpisalo 0-1-0 (42 shots-37 saves). Carolina, Andersen 1-0-0 (30-27).
A_18,893 (18,680). T_2:35.
Referees_Peter MacDougall, Chris Rooney. Linesmen_Shandor Alphonso, Ben O’Quinn.