Finland vs Kazakhstan
· Monday, February 16, 1998 · Aqua Wing Arena
FinlandAway
8–2
Final37–15
KazakhstanHome
Game summary
The Finland beat the Kazakhstan 8–2 on Monday, February 16, 1998 at Aqua Wing Arena. The Finland outshot the Kazakhstan 37–15.
Goals came from Vladimir Antipin, Jyrki Lumme, Raimo Helminen, Esa Tikkanen, Teppo Numminen, Jere Lehtinen, Ville Peltonen, Teemu Selanne, Igor Nikitin and Mika Nieminen.
Ari Sulander made 0 saves on 15 shots for the win; Vitali Yeremeyev stopped 0 of 32.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 37 |
| KAZ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Antipin (1)Unassisted0–104:25 KAZ · 
Jyrki Lumme (1)Teemu Selanne (4), Saku Koivu (2)1–112:53 FIN · 
Raimo Helminen (1)Sami Kapanen (1), Ville Peltonen (1)2–116:19 FIN · 
Esa Tikkanen (1)Jari Kurri (1), Mika Nieminen (1)3–117:09 FIN
2nd period
Teppo Numminen (1)Janne Niinimaa (1), Saku Koivu (3)4–116:26 FIN ·
3rd period
Jere Lehtinen (3)Teemu Selanne (5)5–110:52 FIN
Ville Peltonen (1)Unassisted6–112:28 FIN · 
Teemu Selanne (1)Janne Niinimaa (2), Saku Koivu (4)7–114:33 FIN · 
Igor Nikitin (1)Alexei Troshchinsky (1)7–216:43 KAZ · 
Mika Nieminen (1)Janne Niinimaa (3), Jari Kurri (2)8–219:54 FIN ·
Team stats
FINKAZ
3715
0%0%
5/92/9
2422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first periodMichael Bordulin · holding the stick2 min
- 2:31 into the first periodTeemu Selanne · holding2 min
- 9:33 into the first periodAki Berg · slashing2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodPavel Kamentsev · tripping2 min
- 15:16 into the first periodVitali Tregubov · hooking2 min
- 19:19 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · slashing2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodPavel Kamentsev · slashing2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodKonstantin Shafranov · high sticking2 min
- 9:27 into the second periodAki Berg · high sticking2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodJuha Lind · tripping2 min
- 15:50 into the second periodKonstantin Shafranov · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodMichael Bordulin · holding the stick2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodVadim Glovatsky · interference2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodJuha Ylonen · high sticking double minor4 min
- 11:13 into the third periodTeemu Selanne · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:13 into the third periodMichael Bordulin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodJyrki Lumme · elbowing2 min
- 13:33 into the third periodIgor Nikitin · elbowing2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodJuha Ylonen · tripping2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodJuha Lind · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:42 into the third periodAndrei Pchelyakov · holding2 min
Finland
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Ville PeltonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mika NieminenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Raimo HelminenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jere LehtinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Antti TormanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Juha LindL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kimmo RintanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jukka TammiG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 31Ari SulanderG | W | 15 | 2 | .867 |
Kazakhstan
| 5Alexei TroshchinskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Igor NikitinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Vladimir AntipinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Oleg KryazhevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Pavel KamentsevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Igor DorokhinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Alexander KoreshkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dmitri DudarevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Yevgeni KoreshkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrei PchelyakovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Vladimir ZavyalovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pyotr DevyatkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Yerlan SagymbayevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael BordulinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Konstantin ShafranovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Igor ZemlyanoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Vitali TregubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Andrei SokolovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Andrei SavenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Vadim GlovatskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexander ShiminG | 5 | 2 | .600 | |
| 30Vitali YeremeyevG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |