| Date | 22 February 1980 — 17:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Field House International Ice Rink, Lake Placid | |
| Referee | Karl-Gustav Kaisla | FIN |
| Linesman | François Larochelle | CAN |
| Linesman | Nico Toemen | NED |
| Attendance | 8,500 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Soviet Union | URS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:12 (1) | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Vladimir Krutov (Aleksey Kasatonov) | Equal-handed | |
| 14:03 (1) | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Buzz Schneider (Mark Pavelich) | Equal-handed | |
| 17:34 (1) | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Sergey Makarov (Aleksandr Golikov) | Equal-handed | |
| 19:59 (1) | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Mark Johnson (Dave Christian, Dave Silk) | Equal-handed | |
| 22:28 (2) | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Aleksandr Maltsev (Vladimir Krutov) | Power play (1) | |
| 48:39 (3) | 3 – 3 | ![]() | Mark Johnson (Dave Silk) | Power play (1) | |
| 50:00 (3) | 4 – 3 | ![]() | Mike Eruzione (Mark Pavelich, John Harrington) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:25 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Boris Mikhaylov | Hooking | |
| 20:58 (2) | 2 | ![]() | John Harrington | Holding | |
| 29:50 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Jim Craig | Delay of game | |
| 37:08 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Ken Morrow | Cross-checking | |
| 37:08 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Yury Lebedev | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 46:47 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Vladimir Krutov | High sticking |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Jim Craig | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Vladislav Tretyak | Goalkeeper In |
| 20:00 (2) | ![]() | Vladimir Myshkin | Goalkeeper In |
| 20:00 (2) | ![]() | Vladislav Tretyak | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Jim Craig | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Vladimir Myshkin | Goalkeeper Out |
United States| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 23 | Dave Christian | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Dave Silk | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Mark Johnson | – | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Rob McClanahan | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 28 | John Harrington | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Mark Pavelich | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 25 | Buzz Schneider | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Steve Christoff | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Neal Broten | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Mike Eruzione | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Eric Strobel | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Mark Wells | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 27 | Phil Verchota | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 17 | Jack O'Callahan | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Bill Baker | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Ken Morrow | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Mike Ramsey | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Rob Suter | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Jim Craig | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 36 | 92.3% | |||||
| Coach | Herb Brooks |
Soviet Union| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 13 | Boris Mikhaylov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Vladimir Petrov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Valery Kharlamov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Sergey Makarov | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 25 | Vladimir Golikov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Aleksandr Golikov | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Aleksandr Maltsev | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Yury Lebedev | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Vladimir Krutov | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 26 | Aleksandr Skvortsov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Viktor Zhluktov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Helmūts Balderis | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Aleksey Kasatonov | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Vyacheslav Fetisov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Valery Vasilyev | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 12 | Sergey Starikov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 14 | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Vasily Pervukhin | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 20 | Vladislav Tretyak | – | 20:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | 75.0% | |||||
| GK | 1 | Vladimir Myshkin | – | 40:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | 75.0% | |||||
| Coach | Viktor Tikhonov |