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

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