Belarus vs USA
· Saturday, February 14, 1998 · The Big Hat
BelarusAway
2–5
Final30–31
USAHome
Game summary
The USA beat the Belarus 5–2 on Saturday, February 14, 1998 at The Big Hat. The USA outshot the Belarus 31–30.
Goals came from Chris Chelios, Pat LaFontaine, Viktor Karachun, Brian Leetch, Vasili Pankov, Brett Hull and Adam Deadmarsh.
Mike Richter made 0 saves on 30 shots for the win; Andrei Mezin stopped 0 of 31.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| USA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
Scoring
1st period
Chris Chelios (2)Pat LaFontaine (1)0–109:06 USA · 
Pat LaFontaine (1)Brian Leetch (1), Kevin Hatcher (1)0–210:31 USA · 
Viktor Karachun (2)Alexei Lojkin (2), Alexander Galchenyuk (2)1–218:02 BLR
2nd period
Brian Leetch (1)John LeClair (1), Brett Hull (1)1–308:16 USA ·
3rd period
Vasili Pankov (1)Andrei Skabelka (2), Vadim Bekbulatov (2)2–300:27 BLR
Brett Hull (1)Doug Weight (1), Kevin Hatcher (2)2–413:45 USA · 
Adam Deadmarsh (1)Bill Guerin (3), Jeremy Roenick (1)2–518:14 USA
Team stats
BLRUSA
3031
0%0%
0/64/7
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:24 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
- 4:29 into the first periodVladimir Tsyplakov · cross checking2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:50 into the first periodViktor Karachun · holding the stick2 min
- 10:07 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:53 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · slashing2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodBill Guerin · cross checking2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodIgor Matushkin · interference2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · roughing2 min
- 17:35 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
- 2:40 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · tripping2 min
- 10:27 into the third periodEduard Zankovets · tripping2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodSergei Yerkovich · boarding2 min
- 18:49 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 18:49 into the third periodViktor Karachun · holding2 min
Belarus
| 8Alexei LojkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Viktor KarachunC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Vadim BekbulatovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Vasili PankovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Andrei SkabelkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Alexander GalchenyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Andrei KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Alexei KalyuzhnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Eduard ZankovetsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Yevgeni RoschinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Oleg KhmylD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Oleg RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Igor MatushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Sergei YerkovichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 95Sergei StasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexander ShumidubG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 30Andrei MezinG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
USA
| 15Brett HullR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |