USA vs Finland
· Wednesday, February 22, 2006 · Palasport
USAAway
3–4
Final28–26
FinlandHome
Game summary
The Finland beat the USA 4–3 on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at Palasport. The USA outshot the Finland 28–26.
Olli Jokinen scored twice. Ville Peltonen, Sami Salo, Mike Knuble, Mathieu Schneider and Brian Gionta also scored.
Antero Niittymaki made 0 saves on 28 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 0 of 25.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| FIN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
Scoring
1st period
Ville Peltonen (2)Jussi Jokinen (2), Sami Salo (3)0–109:33 FIN
Sami Salo (1)Unassisted0–212:01 FIN · 
Mike Knuble (1)Mathieu Schneider (2), Doug Weight (3)1–213:14 USA
2nd period
Mathieu Schneider (1)Brian Rafalski (2), Craig Conroy (4)2–201:29 USA · 
Olli Jokinen (4)Ville Peltonen (4)2–305:06 FIN · - Olli Jokinen (5)Unassisted2–417:10 FIN ·
3rd period
Brian Gionta (4)Chris Drury (3), Erik Cole (2)3–415:33 USA
Team stats
USAFIN
2826
0%0%
1/72/9
2216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · interference2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodMike Knuble · slashing2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodMikko Koivu · roughing2 min
- 11:13 into the first periodSaku Koivu · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodDerian Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 3:09 into the second periodBret Hedican · hooking2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodVille Nieminen · hooking2 min
- 14:39 into the second periodVille Nieminen · holding2 min
- 15:29 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · hooking2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodDerian Hatcher · high sticking double minor4 min
- 8:02 into the third periodTeppo Numminen · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodBrian Gionta · hooking2 min
- 12:44 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · tripping2 min
- 12:44 into the third periodScott Gomez · misconduct10 min
- 13:33 into the third periodSaku Koivu · hooking2 min
USA
| 23Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Rick DiPietroG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Finland
| 12Olli JokinenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Ville PeltonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Sami SaloD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jukka HentunenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Antti Jussi NiemiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 31Antero NiittymakiG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |