Team Russia vs Team Canada
· Thursday, August 29, 1996 · General Motors Place
TeamRussiaAway
3–5
Final29–35
TeamCanadaHome
Game summary
The Team Canada beat the Team Russia 5–3 on Thursday, August 29, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Canada outshot the Russia 35–29.
Goals came from Alex Kovalev, Vincent Damphousse, Eric Desjardins, Brendan Shanahan, Vladimir Malakhov, Sergei Fedorov, Joe Sakic and Theo Fleury.
Curtis Joseph made 0 saves on 29 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 0 of 35.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 35 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (1)Dmitry Yushkevich (1), Viacheslav Fetisov (1)1–002:18 RUS
Vincent Damphousse (1)Trevor Linden (1)1–109:23 CAN · 
Eric Desjardins (1)Mark Messier (1), Scott Niedermayer (1)1–214:24 CAN · 
Brendan Shanahan (1)Mark Messier (2), Scott Niedermayer (2)1–317:11 CAN
2nd period
Vladimir Malakhov (1)Alexei Zhamnov (1), Andrei Nikolishin (1)2–302:57 RUS
Sergei Fedorov (1)Darius Kasparaitis (1)3–303:36 RUS
3rd period
Joe Sakic (1)Paul Coffey (1), Wayne Gretzky (1)3–400:52 CAN · 
Theo Fleury (1)Wayne Gretzky (2), Scott Stevens (1)3–519:40 CAN ·
Team stats
RUSCAN
2935
0%0%
0/43/7
2830
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:06 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min
- 3:06 into the first periodJoe Sakic · hooking2 min
- 6:56 into the first periodAndrei Nikolishin · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:23 into the first periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 9:15 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:15 into the first periodEric Lindros · roughing double minor4 min
- 12:29 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 15:10 into the first periodViacheslav Fetisov · hooking2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · high sticking2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:36 into the second periodAlexei Yashin · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:36 into the second periodAdam Foote · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:36 into the second periodPaul Coffey · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:36 into the second periodSergei Nemchinov · tripping2 min
- 16:36 into the second periodKeith Primeau · interference obstruction2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · hooking2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodIgor Larionov · slashing2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodMark Messier · misconduct10 min
Team Russia
| 10Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Andrei NikolishinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Sergei NemchinovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Team Canada
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Trevor LindenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |