December 31. Sydney. Centre 200. A - 2,249.
Russia - Switzerland 7-5 (2-1, 3-2, 2-2)

First period:
1-0 RUS 10:04  Koltsov,2 (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)  (pp)
1-1 SUI 10:42  Christen,1 (Baumgartner, Bartschi)
2-1 RUS 17:28  Grigorenko,3 (Taratukhin, Korneev)
Penalties: Ezhov RUS (tripping) 7:31. Stancescu SUI (interference) 9:06. Perezhogin RUS (high-stick) 13:32. Artyukhin RUS (elbowing) 19:25.
Second period:
2-2 SUI  6:01  Bartschi,3 (Christen, Ambuhl)  (pp)
3-2 RUS  6:48  Ovechkin,4 (Trubachev, Polushin)
4-2 RUS  7:42  Shishkanov,1 (Kondratiev, Anshakov)
4-3 SUI 17:00  Neunschwander,2 (Stancescu, Romy)
5-3 RUS 17:58  Ovechkin,5 (Trubachev, Polushin)
Penalties: Lemm SUI (interference) 1:55. Artyukhin RUS (elbowing) 5:23. Tallarini SUI (roughing) 10:05. Dallenbach SUI (tripping) 13:59.
Third period:
5-4 SUI  5:45  Bartschi,4 (Blindenbacher, Christen)
5-5 SUI  7:13  Neunschwander,3 (Ramholt, Tomy)  (pp)
6-5 RUS 10:37  Ovechkin,6 (Polushin, Trubachev)
7-5 RUS 15:38  Grigorenko,4 (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)  (pp)
Penalties: Kaigorodov RUS (roughing) 2:23. Gerber SUI (roughing) 2:23. Pestunov RUS (hooking) 3:42. Taratukhin RUS (interference) 7:05. Buhler SUI (roughing) 7:51. Tallarini SUI (roughing) 14:28.

Goaltenders: Medvedev (W,3-0-0) 22/27 - Stephan (L,1-2-0) 22/29.

Shots:
RUS  11 12  6 -- 29
SUI   7 10 10 -- 27

Power play: Russia 2/6, Switzerland 2/6.

Referee - Rob Matsuoka.

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