December 26. Sydney. Center 200. A - 4,950.

United States - Russia  1-5 (0-2, 1-2, 0-1)

First period:
0-1 RUS 16:20  Ovechkin,1 (Trubachev, Tyutin)  (pp)
0-2 RUS 19:49  Ovechkin,2 (Trubachev, Grebeshkov)
Penalties: Grebeshkov RUS (boarding) 3:48. Shannon USA (holding) 7:36. Higgins USA (high-stick) 8:34. Taratukhin RUS (interference) 9:24. Greene USA (interference) 14:23. Ezhov RUS (tripping) 16:59.
Second period:
1-2 USA  2:41  O'Sullivan,1 (Whitney)
1-3 RUS  7:17  Koltsov,1 (Grigorenko, Perezhogin)  (sh)
1-4 RUS  9:14  Ovechkin,3 (Trubachev, Polushin)
Penalties: Tyutin RUS (high-stick) 6:26. O'Sullivan USA (slashing) 11:00. Suter USA (tripping) 13:52. Tyutin RUS (boarding) 16:24. Tyutin RUS (high-stick) 18:59.
Third period:
1-5 RUS  7:06  Trubachev,1 (Polushin, Fakhrutdinov)
Penalties: Helminen USA (tripping) 1:38. Whitney USA (roughing) 2:42. Fakhrutdinov RUS (high-stick) 4:56. Koltsov RUS (tripping) 11:28. Wisniewski USA (cross-check) 12:59. Tyutin RUS (slashing) 14:29. Higgins USA (high-stick) 14:29. Kondratiev RUS (tripping) 15:58. Wisniewski USA (roughing) 17:19. Greene USA (slashing, misconduct 2+10) 19:23.

Goaltenders: Howard (L,0-1-0) 12/16, Goepfert (9:14 second) 15/16 - Medvedev (W,1-0-0) 14/15.

Shots:
USA   3  9  3 -- 15
RUS  13 10  9 -- 32

Power play: USA 0/9, Russia 1/8.

Referee - Timo Favorin.

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