December 28. Sydney. Center 200. A - 3,213.
Russia - Slovakia  4-0 (1-0, 1-0, 2-0)

First period:
1-0 RUS 19:30  Grigorenko,1 (Koltsov, Taratukhin)
Penalties: Stehlik SLV (roughing) 4:15. Grebeshkov RUS (unsportsman like conduct) 4:15. Grigorenko RUS (Roughing) 4:34. Kondratiev RUS (checking in the head, misconduct - 2+10) 15:47.
Second period:
2-0 RUS  4:29  Anshakov,1 (Kaigorodov, Lyubushin)
Penalty: Granak SLV (interference) 0:51.
Third period:
3-0 RUS 17:09  Polushin,1 (Grebeshkov, Trubachev)
4-0 RUS 18:18  Perezhogin,1 (Taratukhin)
Penalties: Sloboda SLV (holding stick) 2:34. Polushin RUS (interference) 2:56.Pestunov RUS (roughing) 11:11. Lipka SLV (roughing) 11:11.

Goaltenders: Medvedev (W,2-0-0) 16 saves - Sevela (L,0-1-0) 29/33.

Shots:
RUS   9 11 13 -- 33
SLV   7  5  4 -- 16

Power play: Russia 0/2, Slovakia 0/3.

Referee - Rob Matsuoka.

RUSSIA: Tyutin(+1/1) - Grebeshkov(+2/0), Ovechkin(even/1) - Trubachev(+1/2) - Polushin(+1/6). Koltsov(+2/4) - Korneev(+2/1), Grigorenko(+2/2) - Taratukhin(+2/1) - Perezhogin(+1/4). Lyubushin(+1/2) - Fakhrutdinov(even/0), Zherdev(+1/1) - Kaigorodov(+1/3) - Anshakov(+1/1). Ezhov(+1/0) - Kondratiev(even/0), Shishkanov(even/4) - Pestunov(even/0) - Artyukhin(even/0).