Soviet Union vs USA
· Saturday, September 5, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Soviet UnionAway
4–1
Final33–25
USAHome
Game summary
The Soviet Union beat the USA 4–1 on Saturday, September 5, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Soviet Union outshot the USA 33–25.
Goals came from Igor Larionov, Neal Broten, Victor Zhluktov, Vladimir Krutov and Vladimir Golikov.
Vladislav Tretiak made 0 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 0 of 33.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Igor Larionov (1)Viacheslav Fetisov (3), Alexei Kasatonov (2)1–015:34 URS ·
2nd period
Neal Broten (1)Mark Howe (1), Dean Talafous (1)1–101:57 USA
Victor Zhluktov (1)Viacheslav Fetisov (4)2–102:52 URS
Vladimir Krutov (2)Sergei Makarov (2), Sergei Babinov (1)3–103:55 URS
3rd period
Vladimir Golikov (1)Nikolai Drozdetsky (1)4–108:07 URS
Team stats
URSUSA
3325
0%0%
1/30/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:34 into the first periodKen Morrow · minor2 min
- 12:58 into the first periodVasily Pervukhin · minor2 min
- 14:56 into the first periodDave Langevin · minor2 min
- 16:03 into the first periodVasily Pervukhin · minor2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodKen Morrow · minor2 min
- 12:27 into the second periodViacheslav Fetisov · minor2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodAlexei Kasatonov · minor2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodBob Miller · minor2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodZinetula Bilyaletdinov · minor2 min
Soviet Union
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Vladimir KrutovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Igor LarionovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Nikolai DrozdetskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Victor ZhluktovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Sergei MakarovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Vladimir GolikovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Sergei BabinovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Alexei KasatonovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Sergei KapustinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alexander MaltsevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andrei KhoumutovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sergei ShepelevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Viktor ShalimovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Alexander SkvortsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Vasily PervukhinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Valeri VasilievD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Zinetula BilyaletdinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vladimir MyshkinG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 20Vladislav TretiakG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
USA
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom GorenceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |