| Date | 6 February 1976 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympiaeisstadion, Innsbruck | |
| Referee | Raimo Sepponen | FIN |
| Referee | Josef Kompalla | FRG |
| Attendance | 6,500 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | URS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| United States | USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:33 (1) | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Aleksandr Maltsev (Viktor Zhluktov) | Equal-handed | |
| 12:21 (1) | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Sergey Kapustin (Aleksandr Maltsev) | Power play (2) | |
| 13:28 (1) | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Sergey Babinov (Viktor Zhluktov) | Equal-handed | |
| 23:46 (2) | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Vladimir Shadrin (Viktor Shalimov) | Equal-handed | |
| 27:39 (2) | 4 – 1 | ![]() | John Taft (Bob Dobek) | Equal-handed | |
| 44:49 (3) | 5 – 1 | ![]() | Valery Kharlamov | Equal-handed | |
| 54:06 (3) | 6 – 1 | ![]() | Yury Lyapkin (Viktor Shalimov) | Equal-handed | |
| 57:37 (3) | 6 – 2 | ![]() | Steve Jensen (Bob Dobek, Doug Ross) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:43 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Dick Lamby | Slashing | |
| 10:26 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Jim Warden | Slashing | |
| 11:26 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Jim Warden | Holding | |
| 13:59 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Gennady Tsygankov | Tripping | |
| 17:34 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Dick Lamby | Slashing | |
| 19:35 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Dick Lamby | Hooking | |
| 31:53 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Sergey Babinov | Cross-checking | |
| 48:30 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Sergey Babinov | Excessive roughness | |
| 48:30 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Buzz Schneider | Excessive roughness | |
| 56:17 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Dick Lamby | Hooking | |
| 59:22 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Dan Bolduc | Boarding |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Vladislav Tretyak | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Jim Warden | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Vladislav Tretyak | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Jim Warden | Goalkeeper Out |
Soviet Union| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 8 | Sergey Kapustin | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Viktor Shalimov | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Aleksandr Maltsev | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Boris Aleksandrov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Boris Mikhaylov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Aleksandr Yakushev | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Vladimir Petrov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Valery Kharlamov | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Vladimir Shadrin | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Viktor Zhluktov | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Aleksandr Gusev | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Vladimir Lutchenko | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Sergey Babinov | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Yury Lyapkin | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Valery Vasilyev | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Gennady Tsygankov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 20 | Vladislav Tretyak | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 52 | 96.3% | |||||
| Coach | Boris Kulagin |
United States| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 11 | Steve Alley | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Dan Bolduc | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Bob Dobek | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Rob Harris | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Steve Jensen | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Bobby Miller | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Doug Ross | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Buzz Schneider | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Steve Sertich | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Ted Thorndike | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 24 | Jeffrey Hymanson | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Paul Jensen | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 23 | Dick Lamby | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | – | |||||
| D | 8 | Bob Lundeen | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Gary Ross | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | John Taft | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Jim Warden | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | 60 | 90.9% | |||||
| Coach | Robert Johnson |