First period:
0-1 FIN  9:16  Jokinen,6 (Kalteva)
0-2 FIN 18:15  Juntunen,1 (Ruutu, Jokinen)  (pp)
Second period:
0-3 FIN  0:31  Pitkanen,1 (Ruutu)
Third period:
1-3 USA 15:18  Suter,2 (Higgins)
2-3 USA 18:04  Brown,2 (Parise, Shannon)

Goaltenders: Howard (L,0-2-0) 8/10, Goepfert (0:00 second) 10/11 - Nissinen (W,1-0-0) 29/31.

Shots:
USA   4 18  9 -- 31
FIN  10  7  4 -- 21

Power play: USA 0/5, Finland 1/5.
January 5. Halifax. Metro Center. A - 10,306.