| Date | 12 February 1998 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano | |
| Referee | Laurie Anne Taylor-Bolton | CAN |
| Linesman | Sigrid Lise Nonås | NOR |
| Linesman | Isabelle Giguère | CAN |
| Attendance | 5,015 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Japan | JPN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:55 (1) | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Shelley Looney | Equal-handed | |
| 9:08 (1) | 2 – 0 | ![]() | A. J. Mleczko (Sue Merz, Lisa Brown-Miller) | Equal-handed | |
| 13:32 (1) | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Sandra Whyte (Cammi Granato) | Equal-handed | |
| 14:14 (1) | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Shelley Looney (Gretchen Ulion, Jenny Schmidgall-Potter) | Power play (1) | |
| 14:36 (1) | 5 – 0 | ![]() | A. J. Mleczko (Lisa Brown-Miller, Shelley Looney) | Equal-handed | |
| 29:18 (2) | 6 – 0 | ![]() | Katie King (Laurie Baker, Chris Bailey) | Equal-handed | |
| 39:34 (2) | 7 – 0 | ![]() | Katie King (Alana Blahoski, Laurie Baker) | Equal-handed | |
| 45:37 (3) | 8 – 0 | ![]() | Laurie Baker (Cammi Granato) | Power play (1) | |
| 51:46 (3) | 9 – 0 | ![]() | Karyn Bye (Tara Mounsey, Gretchen Ulion) | Power play (1) | |
| 53:03 (3) | 10 – 0 | ![]() | Katie King (Laurie Baker) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:56 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Maiko Obikawa | Interference | |
| 14:46 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Chie Sakuma | Body check | |
| 16:31 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Sue Merz | Cross-checking | |
| 23:17 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Maiko Obikawa | Hooking | |
| 34:44 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Shiho Fujiwara | Holding | |
| 36:53 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Tricia Dunn-Luoma | Body check | |
| 45:06 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Aki Sudo | Body check | |
| 51:35 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Satomi Ono | Holding | |
| 54:19 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Lisa Brown-Miller | High sticking | |
| 56:32 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Tara Mounsey | Elbowing |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Haruka Watanabe | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Sara DeCosta | Goalkeeper In |
| 20:00 (2) | ![]() | Haruka Watanabe | Goalkeeper Out |
| 20:00 (2) | ![]() | Yuka Oda | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Yuka Oda | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Sara DeCosta | 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 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 6 | Karyn Bye | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Laurie Baker | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Sandra Whyte | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | A. J. Mleczko | – | – | 2 | 4 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Jenny Schmidgall | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Shelley Looney | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Alana Blahoski | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Katie King | 1 | – | 3 | 8 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Cammi Granato | – | – | 0 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Gretchen Ulion | – | – | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 25 | Tricia Dunn | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Tara Mounsey | – | – | 0 | 8 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Angela Ruggiero | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Colleen Coyne | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Sue Merz | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 14 | Vicki Movsessian | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 24 | Chris Bailey | – | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Sara DeCosta | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 100.0% | |||||
| Coach | Ben Smith |
Japan| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 7 | Satomi Ono | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Yuki Togawa | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Miharu Araki | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Ayumi Sato | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Mitsuko Igarashi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Yukari Ohno | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Masako Sato | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Aki Sudo | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Shiho Fujiwara | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Aki Tsuchida | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Akiko Naka | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Yoko Kondo | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Rie Sato | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Akiko Hatanaka | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Chie Sakuma | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Maiko Obikawa | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 8 | Naho Yoshimi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Yukio Satomi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Yuka Oda | – | 40:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 86.5% | |||||
| GK | 20 | Haruka Watanabe | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 73.7% | |||||
| Coach | Toru Itabashi |