January 3. Halifax. Metro Center. A - 10,527.
Russia - Finland  4-1 (1-1, 0-0, 3-0)

First period:
1-0 RUS 10:22 Artyukhin,1
1-1 FIN 18:28 Niinimaki,1 (Bergenheim, Ruutu)  (pp)
Penalties: Sykko FIN (hooking) 6:36. Ruutu FIN (roughing) 12:57. Artyukhin RUS (roughing) 12:57. Grebeshkov RUS (boarding) 14:12. Perezhogin RUS (hooking) 17:04.
Second period:
Penalties: Taratukhin RUS (high-stick) 4:59. Polushin RUS (high-stick) 6:24. Fagerstedt FIN (tripping) 12:50.
Third period:
2-1 RUS  3:28  Trubachev,2 (Ovechkin)
3-1 RUS  4:05  Perezhogin,3 (Grigorenko)
4-1 RUS  7:22  Grigorenko,5
Penalties: Koltsov RUS (broken stick) 7:40. Korneev RUS (cross-check) 16:30. Taratukhin RUS (high-stick) 18:19.

Goaltenders: Medvedev (W,4-0-0) 25/26 - Lehtonen (L,3-2-1) 25/29.

Shots:
RUS  10 10  9 -- 29
FIN   7  2 17 -- 26

Power play: Russia 0/2, Finland 1/5.

Referee - Ulf Radbjer (Sweden).

RUSSIA: Tyutin (+2/4) - Grebeshkov(+2/0), Ovechkin(+1/0) - Trubachev(+1/1) - Polushin(+1/3). Koltsov(+1/2) - Korneev(+1/1), Grigorenko(+2/4) - Taratukhin(+1/1) - Perezhogin(+2/4). Kondratiev(+1/1) - Lyubushin(+1/1), Zherdev(even/2) - Kaigorodov(+1/2) - Anshakov(even/1). Shishkanov(+1/0) - Pestunov(+1/1) - Artyukhin(+1/1).