Canada vs Finland
· Saturday, February 21, 1998 · The Big Hat
CanadaAway
2–3
Final34–15
FinlandHome
Game summary
The Finland beat the Canada 3–2 on Saturday, February 21, 1998 at The Big Hat. The Canada outshot the Finland 34–15.
Goals came from Jari Kurri, Rod Brind'Amour, Jere Lehtinen, Brendan Shanahan and Ville Peltonen.
Ari Sulander made 0 saves on 34 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 0 of 15.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| FIN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (1)Esa Tikkanen (1), Mika Nieminen (2)0–103:33 FIN · 
Rod Brind'Amour (1)Adam Foote (1)1–116:50 CAN
Jere Lehtinen (4)Saku Koivu (7)1–217:23 FIN
2nd period
Brendan Shanahan (2)Wayne Gretzky (4), Mark Recchi (2)2–202:47 CAN ·
3rd period
Ville Peltonen (2)Saku Koivu (8)2–300:17 FIN ·
Team stats
CANFIN
3415
0%0%
1/52/6
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:22 into the first periodSteve Yzerman · holding2 min
- 4:28 into the first periodAki Berg · tripping2 min
- 11:20 into the first periodTuomas Gronman · interference2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodTrevor Linden · hooking2 min
- 1:45 into the second periodJari Kurri · tripping2 min
- 3:57 into the second periodSteve Yzerman · high sticking2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodVille Peltonen · interference2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodMika Nieminen · high sticking2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodRob Zamuner · interference2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodAdam Foote · tripping2 min
- 15:37 into the third periodChris Pronger · interference2 min
Canada
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 74Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 15 | 3 | .800 |
Finland
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ville PeltonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jere LehtinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mika NieminenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Antti TormanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Juha LindL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kimmo RintanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ari SulanderG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 35Jarmo MyllysG | 0 | 0 | .000 |