Russia vs USA
· Tuesday, February 21, 2006 · Palasport
RussiaAway
5–4
Final21–34
USAHome
Game summary
The Russia beat the USA 5–4 on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Palasport. The USA outshot the Russia 34–21.
Goals came from Alexander Korolyuk, Evgeni Malkin, Brian Rolston, Andrei Markov, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Alex Ovechkin, Erik Cole and Alex Kovalev.
Maxim Sokolov made 0 saves on 26 shots for the win; Robert Esche stopped 0 of 21.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| USA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Korolyuk (1)Unassisted1–009:27 RUS
Evgeni Malkin (2)Darius Kasparaitis (1)2–010:41 RUS · 
Brian Rolston (3)Craig Conroy (3)2–118:38 USA ·
2nd period
Andrei Markov (1)Pavel Datsyuk (6), Maxim Sushinsky (3)3–115:00 RUS
Brian Gionta (3)Scott Gomez (4), Doug Weight (2)3–219:01 USA ·
3rd period
Scott Gomez (1)Mathieu Schneider (1), Brian Rolston (1)3–305:00 USA · 
Alex Ovechkin (4)Evgeni Malkin (3), Darius Kasparaitis (2)4–309:55 RUS
Erik Cole (1)Mike Knuble (1), Chris Drury (2)4–410:38 USA
Alex Kovalev (3)Pavel Datsyuk (7), Evgeni Malkin (4)5–411:52 RUS
Team stats
RUSUSA
2134
0%0%
0/43/7
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:22 into the first periodAndrei Markov · hooking2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodDanny Markov · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodMike Knuble · hooking2 min
- 14:09 into the first periodDerian Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 18:30 into the first periodMaxim Sushinsky · hooking2 min
- 2:47 into the second periodChris Chelios · hooking2 min
- 7:23 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodAnton Volchenkov · holding2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodAlexander Korolyuk · hooking2 min
- 4:14 into the third periodAlexandre Kharitonov · slashing2 min
- 15:34 into the third periodJohn-Michael Liles · hooking2 min
Russia
| 18Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Maxim SushinskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 94Alexander KorolyukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 52Andrei MarkovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Alexandre KharitonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Andrei TaratukhinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 71Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 79Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Sergei ZhukovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 39Maxim SokolovG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
USA
| 11Scott GomezC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42Robert EscheG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | .000 |