Carolina 5, Pittsburgh 4

Carolina won shootout 2-1

First Period_1, Carolina, Stankoven 12 (Reilly, Blake), 7:46. 2, Pittsburgh, Mantha 24 (Koivunen), 19:04. Penalties_Clifton, PIT (Delay of Game), 1:16; Blake, CAR (Tripping), 13:53.

Second Period_3, Pittsburgh, Rust 22 (Chinakhov, Karlsson), 11:44 (pp). Penalties_Svechnikov, CAR (High Sticking), 3:29; Svechnikov, CAR (High Sticking), 7:33; Carrier, CAR (Closing Hand on the Puck), 10:23; Acciari, PIT (Roughing), 11:57; Nikishin, CAR (Roughing), 11:57; Wotherspoon, PIT (Holding), 13:17.

Third Period_4, Carolina, Jankowski 6 (Nikishin, Carrier), 2:49. 5, Carolina, Jarvis 28 (Svechnikov), 3:48. 6, Carolina, Nikishin 9 (Aho, Ehlers), 11:21 (pp). 7, Pittsburgh, Acciari 7 (Rust, Chinakhov), 17:52. 8, Pittsburgh, Rust 23 (Rakell, Karlsson), 19:24. Penalties_Shea, PIT (Cross Checking), 9:21; Wotherspoon, PIT (Tripping), 10:53; Letang, PIT (Tripping), 11:42.

Overtime_None. Penalties_Slavin, CAR (Slashing), 2:31.

Shootout_Carolina 2 (Jarvis NG, Svechnikov G, Blake G), Pittsburgh 1 (Kindel G, Chinakhov NG, Mantha NG).

Shots on Goal_Pittsburgh 9-10-8-1_28. Carolina 13-11-16-3_43.

Power-play opportunities_Pittsburgh 1 of 5; Carolina 1 of 5.

Goalies_Pittsburgh, Skinner 19-13-8 (43 shots-39 saves). Carolina, Andersen 10-11-5 (28-24).

A_18,569 (18,680). T_2:54.

Referees_Michael Markovic, Jon Mclsaac. Linesmen_Jeremy Faucher, Julien Fournier.