Canada vs Soviet Union
· Wednesday, September 9, 1981 · Montreal Forum
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7–3
Final33–23
Soviet UnionHome
Game summary
The Canada beat the Soviet Union 7–3 on Wednesday, September 9, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canada outshot the Soviet Union 33–23.
Goals came from Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur, Igor Larionov, Sergei Shepelev, Rick Middleton, Marcel Dionne, Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, Butch Goring and Sergei Makarov.
Don Edwards made 0 saves on 23 shots for the win; Vladimir Myshkin stopped 0 of 33.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 33 |
| URS | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (5)Marcel Dionne (1)1–000:58 CAN
2nd period
Guy Lafleur (2)Wayne Gretzky (5), Denis Potvin (4)2–003:49 CAN · 
Igor Larionov (2)Alexei Kasatonov (6), Sergei Makarov (4)2–111:45 URS · 
Sergei Shepelev (1)Victor Zhluktov (1), Sergei Kapustin (1)2–213:40 URS
3rd period
Rick Middleton (1)Ken Linseman (1), Danny Gare (5)3–204:08 CAN
Marcel Dionne (3)Guy Lafleur (8), Wayne Gretzky (6)4–206:29 CAN
Denis Potvin (2)Unassisted5–208:27 CAN
Mike Bossy (6)Clark Gillies (5), Bryan Trottier (5)6–208:59 CAN
Butch Goring (3)Bob Gainey (2)7–211:25 CAN
Sergei Makarov (3)Viacheslav Fetisov (5), Alexei Kasatonov (7)7–318:44 URS ·
Team stats
CANURS
3323
0%0%
1/32/6
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:40 into the first periodSergei Kapustin · minor2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodVladimir Zubkov · minor2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodVladimir Golikov · minor2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodRon Duguay · minor2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodViacheslav Fetisov · minor2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodBarry Beck · minor2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodClark Gillies · minor2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodValeri Vasiliev · minor2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodKen Linseman · minor2 min
- 16:50 into the second periodDenis Potvin · minor2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodDenis Potvin · minor2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodRay Bourque · minor2 min
- 19:35 into the third periodDanny Gare · minor2 min
Canada
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick MiddletonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Don EdwardsG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Soviet Union
| 24Sergei MakarovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Alexei KasatonovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Sergei KapustinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Igor LarionovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Sergei ShepelevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Victor ZhluktovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Vladimir KrutovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Nikolai DrozdetskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andrei KhoumutovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Viktor ShalimovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Vladimir GolikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Alexander SkvortsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Sergei BabinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Valeri VasilievD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Zinetula BilyaletdinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Vladimir ZubkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Irek GimaevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vladimir MyshkinG | L | 33 | 7 | .788 |
| 20Vladislav TretiakG | 0 | 0 | .000 |