1998 Winter Olympics Semifinal, Feb 20. Russia - Finland 7-4 (2-0, 2-3, 3-1) FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1-0 Russia, P Bure 5 (pp) (Zhamnov), 9:51 2-0 Russia, P Bure 6 (D Mironov), 17:33 Penalties: Niinimaa, Fin (tripping), 9:05 B Mironov, Rus (tripping), 10:26 Niinimaa, Fin (holding), 13:34 Titov, Rus (hooking), 18:54 SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 3-0 Russia, P Bure 7 (unassisted), 0:59 3-1 Finland, Helminen 2 (Lind), 3:28 3-2 Finland, Rintanen 1 (Kurri, Timonen), 4:59 3-3 Finland, Selanne 4 (pp) (Kurri, Koivu), 14:07 4-3 Russia, Zhamnov 2 (pp) (Zhitnik), 17:26 Penalties: Krivokrasov, Rus (high sticking), 6:37 Zhitnik, Rus (holding), 12:08 B Mironov, Rus (cross checking), 13:53 Lind, Fin (holding), 16:24 THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 4-4 Finland, Koivu 2 (Selanne), 5:15 5-4 Russia, Kovalenko 4 (Fedorov), 6:33 6-4 Russia, P Bure 8 (unassisted), 15:53 7-4 Russia, P Bure 9 (empty net) (unassisted), 19:55 Penalties: Gusarov, Rus (elbowing), 12:01 Shots on goal Russia 8+4+9=21 Finland 9+15+7=31 Power play: Rus - 2 of 3, Fin - 1 of 6 Goalies: Russia, Shtalenkov (31-27, record: 4-0-0) Finland, Myllys (20-14, record: 1-3-0) Referee: Fraser. Linesmen: Gauthier, Sartison. A: N/A Copyright©1998 The HockeyNut |