| Date | 14 February 1980 — 20:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Field House International Ice Rink, Lake Placid | |
| Referee | Ulf Lindgren | SWE |
| Linesman | Gary Hollett | CAN |
| Linesman | François Larochelle | CAN |
| Attendance | 500 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:23 (1) | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Jaroslav Pouzar (František Kaberle, Milan Nový) | Equal-handed | |
| 4:39 (1) | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Mike Eruzione (Neal Broten) | Equal-handed | |
| 5:45 (1) | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Mark Pavelich (Buzz Schneider, John Harrington) | Equal-handed | |
| 12:07 (1) | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Marián Šťastný (Peter Šťastný) | Equal-handed | |
| 24:33 (2) | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Buzz Schneider (Mark Pavelich) | Equal-handed | |
| 25:28 (2) | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Mark Johnson (Rob McClanahan) | Equal-handed | |
| 42:59 (3) | 5 – 2 | ![]() | Phil Verchota (Dave Christian) | Equal-handed | |
| 43:59 (3) | 6 – 2 | ![]() | Buzz Schneider (John Harrington) | Equal-handed | |
| 45:36 (3) | 6 – 3 | ![]() | Jiří Novák (Vincent Lukáč) | Equal-handed | |
| 50:54 (3) | 7 – 3 | ![]() | Rob McClanahan (Mark Johnson) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Phil Verchota | Cross-checking | |
| 14:51 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Milan Chalupa | Tripping | |
| 18:29 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Anton Šťastný | Hooking | |
| 26:17 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Rob McClanahan | Slashing | |
| 30:55 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Dave Christian | Roughing | |
| 30:55 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Jaroslav Pouzar | Roughing | |
| 36:55 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Steve Christoff | Roughing | |
| 36:55 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Peter Šťastný | Roughing | |
| 36:55 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Steve Christoff | Roughing | |
| 36:55 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Peter Šťastný | Roughing |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Jim Craig | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Jiří Králík | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Jim Craig | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Jiří Králík | 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 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Dave Silk | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Mark Johnson | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Rob McClanahan | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 28 | John Harrington | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Mark Pavelich | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 25 | Buzz Schneider | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Steve Christoff | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Neal Broten | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 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 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 17 | Jack O'Callahan | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Bill Baker | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Ken Morrow | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Mike Ramsey | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Rob Suter | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Jim Craig | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 28 | 90.3% | |||||
| Coach | Herb Brooks |
Czechoslovakia| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 6 | Milan Nový | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Jiří Novák | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Miroslav Fryčer | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Marián Šťastný | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Anton Šťastný | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Vincent Lukáč | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Karel Holý | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Jaroslav Pouzar | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 25 | Bohuslav Ebermann | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Vladimír Martinec | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 26 | Peter Šťastný | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Jan Neliba | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Vítězslav Ďuriš | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Milan Chalupa | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 8 | Arnold Kadlec | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Miroslav Dvořák | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 15 | František Kaberle | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 19 | Jiří Bubla | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Jiří Králík | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 20 | 74.1% | |||||
| Coach | Karel Gut |