| Date | 8 February 1998 — 20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano | |
| Referee | Laurie Anne Taylor-Bolton | CAN |
| Linesman | Isabelle Giguère | CAN |
| Linesman | Sandra Dombrowski | SUI |
| Attendance | 3,255 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:39 (1) | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Cammi Granato (Gretchen Ulion, Jenny Schmidgall-Potter) | Power play (1) | |
| 19:17 (1) | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Karyn Bye (Tara Mounsey) | Power play (1) | |
| 34:53 (2) | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Tara Mounsey (Katie King) | Equal-handed | |
| 51:05 (3) | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Jenny Schmidgall-Potter (Karyn Bye) | Equal-handed | |
| 56:20 (3) | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Cammi Granato (Katie King) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:51 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Ma Jinping | Interference | |
| 6:00 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Yang Xiuqing | Elbowing | |
| 16:24 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Karyn Bye | Interference | |
| 19:10 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Gong Ming | Body check | |
| 21:50 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Tara Mounsey | Roughing | |
| 31:16 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Sang Hong | Tripping | |
| 31:32 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Li Xuan | High sticking | |
| 40:00 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Liu Hongmei | Body check | |
| 44:19 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Sue Merz | High sticking | |
| 48:47 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Jenny Schmidgall-Potter | Hooking | |
| 53:43 (3) | 2 | ![]() | A. J. Mleczko | Cross-checking | |
| 60:00 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Wang Wei | Elbowing |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Guo Hong | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Sarah Tueting | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Guo Hong | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Sarah Tueting | Goalkeeper Out |
United States| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | Lisa Brown-Miller | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 6 | Karyn Bye | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Laurie Baker | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Sandra Whyte | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | A. J. Mleczko | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Jenny Schmidgall | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Shelley Looney | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Alana Blahoski | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Katie King | – | – | 0 | 3 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Cammi Granato | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Gretchen Ulion | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 25 | Tricia Dunn | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Tara Mounsey | – | – | 1 | 7 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Angela Ruggiero | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Colleen Coyne | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Sue Merz | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 14 | Vicki Movsessian | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 24 | Chris Bailey | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 29 | Sarah Tueting | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 100.0% | |||||
| Coach | Ben Smith |
People's Republic of China| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | Liu Hongmei | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 5 | Dang Hong | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Zhang Lan | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Yang Xiuqing | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Sang Hong | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Diao Ying | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Guo Wei | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Xu Lei | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Guo Lili | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Ma Jinping | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Ma Xiaojun | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Gong Ming | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Li Xuan | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Lu Yan | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 10 | Chen Jing | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 13 | Zhang Jing | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 17 | Wang Wei | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 21 | Liu Chunhua | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 20 | Guo Hong | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 83.9% | |||||
| Coach | Zhang Zhinan |