1998 Winter Olympics
Preliminary Round, Feb 7.

France - Belarus 0-4 (0-1, 0-1, 0-2)

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring:
0-1 Belarus, Karatchoun 1 (Romanov), 15:06
Penalties:
S Poudrier, Fra (hooking), 0:36
Lemoine, Fra (holding), 4:42
Bekboulatov, Blr (interference), 9:44
Allard, Fra (holding), 13:20
Pankov, Blr (roughing), 13:20
Zhurik, Blr (cross checking), 17:22
Lemoine, Fra (elbowing), 18:31

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring:
0-2 Belarus, Bekboulatov 1 (unassisted), 18:52
Penalties: Stas, Blr (high sticking), 1:31
Bekboulatov, Blr (interference), 4:06
Filippin, Fra (slashing), 7:04
C Pouget, Fra (holding), 8:06
Bozon, Fra (interference), 11:52
Salei, Blr (interference), 15:44
Lemoine, Fra (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:19
Stas, Blr (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:19

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring:
0-3 Belarus, Kalyuzhny 1 (Karatchoun, Antonenko), 6:21
0-4 Belarus, Skabelka 1 (pp) (Andrievski), 13:10
Penalties:
Barin, Fra (interference), 3:45
Dube, Fra (double high sticking minor), 6:39
Dubois, Fra (holding), 11:22
Bozon, Fra (roughing), 11:55

Shots on goal
France 8+5+5=18
Belarus 7+13+16=36

Power play: Fra - 0 of 7, Blr - 1 of 13

Goalies:
France, Huet (36 shots, 32 saves; record: 0-1-0)
Belarus, Mezin (18, 18; record: 1-0-0)

Referee: Meier. Linesmen: Kotyra, Sartison.
A: 3,419