1998 Winter Olympics
Preliminary Round, Feb 10.

Japan - Belarus 2-2 (1-1, 1-1, 0-0)

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring:
0-1 Belarus, Romanov 1 (Andrievski, Skabelka), 12:36
1-1 Japan, Kabayama 1 (pp) (Fujita, Sakai), 19:02
Penalties:
Japan bench, (Bench minor), 4:19
Tsujiura, Jpn (holding), 14:22
Zhurik, Blr (interference), 17:52
Otomo, Jpn (slashing), 19:42

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring:
1-2 Belarus, Bekboulatov 2 (Matushkin), 10:32
2-2 Japan, Kuwabara 2 (pp) (Yahata, Sugisawa), 14:23
Penalties:
Kobori, Jpn (holding), 5:00
Romanov, Blr (slashing), 12:52
Salei, Blr (boarding), 14:45
Sakai, Jpn (slashing), 15:29
Zhurik, Blr (tripping), 15:29
Fujita, Jpn (tripping), 19:29

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring:
None.
Penalties:
Sakai, Jpn (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:13
Zhurik, Blr (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:13
Karachun, Blr (slashing), 6:34
Japan bench, (too many men on the ice), 10:43

Shots on goal
Japan 9+9+1=19
Belarus 15+16+13=44

Power play: Blr - 0 of 8, Jpn - 2 of 6

Goalies:
Belarus, Shumidub (19 shots, 17 saves; record: 2-0-1)
Japan, Imoo (44, 42; record: 0-2-1)

Referee: Adam. Linesmen: Sartison, Kotyra.
A: 9,688