Carolina 6, Pittsburgh 5

First Period_1, Carolina, Martinook 10 (Staal, Slavin), 9:34 (sh). Penalties_Jankowski, CAR (Holding), 9:24.

Second Period_2, Pittsburgh, Crosby 28 (Karlsson, Rakell), 9:57. 3, Carolina, Blake 20 (Ehlers, Hall), 16:51. Penalties_Miller, CAR (Hooking), 11:55; Wotherspoon, PIT (Tripping), 14:47; Carolina bench, served by Blake (Holding Stick), 19:28; Svechnikov, CAR (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 19:28; Crosby, PIT (Roughing), 19:28.

Third Period_4, Pittsburgh, Karlsson 8 (Malkin, Rakell), 0:59 (pp). 5, Carolina, Hall 15 (Blake, Stankoven), 3:27. 6, Pittsburgh, Rust 26, 7:16. 7, Carolina, Stankoven 14 (Ehlers, Blake), 12:59 (pp). 8, Pittsburgh, Karlsson 9 (Wotherspoon, Crosby), 14:46. 9, Pittsburgh, Kindel 17 (Mantha, Solovyov), 15:09. 10, Carolina, Miller 5 (Ehlers, Walker), 17:09. Penalties_Staal, CAR (Tripping), 0:29; Crosby, PIT (Tripping), 12:17.

Overtime_11, Carolina, Walker 7 (Aho, Jarvis), 4:31. Penalties_None.

Shots on Goal_Pittsburgh 12-7-13-3_35. Carolina 15-14-14-1_44.

Power-play opportunities_Pittsburgh 1 of 4; Carolina 1 of 2.

Goalies_Pittsburgh, Skinner 20-13-9 (44 shots-38 saves). Carolina, Andersen 12-11-5 (35-30).

A_18,581 (18,680). T_2:39.

Referees_Frederick L'Ecuyer, Garrett Rank. Linesmen_Dan Kelly, Jonny Murray.