New Jersey 4, Carolina 2
By Sportradar
| Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 |
First Period_1, Carolina, Robinson 9 (Burns, Blake), 10:03. 2, New Jersey, Palat 7 (Kovacevic, Siegenthaler), 16:12. 3, New Jersey, Hischier 18 (L.Hughes, Noesen), 16:54. Penalties_Hamilton, NJ (Interference), 18:15.
Second Period_4, Carolina, Burns 3 (Roslovic), 0:22. 5, New Jersey, L.Hughes 3 (Pesce, Bratt), 4:15. 6, New Jersey, Mercer 9 (Dillon, J.Hughes), 8:47. Penalties_New Jersey bench, served by Tatar (Cross Checking), 18:13; Pesce, NJ (Roughing), 18:13; Jost, CAR (Roughing), 18:13.
Third Period_None. Penalties_None.
Shots on Goal_Carolina 10-14-7_31. New Jersey 7-10-6_23.
Power-play opportunities_Carolina 0 of 2; New Jersey 0 of 0.
Goalies_Carolina, Kochetkov 14-7-0 (23 shots-19 saves). New Jersey, Markstrom 19-6-2 (31-29).
A_16,629 (16,514). T_2:22.
Referees_Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen_Shandor Alphonso, Devin Berg.
