| Date | 5 February 1972 — 19:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Len Gagnon |  USA |
| Referee | Franz Baader |  FRG |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period #1 | Period #2 | Period #3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| – | Finland |  FIN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save % | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 10 | Aleksandr Maltsev | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Aleksandr Yakushev | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Vladimir Vikulov | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Anatoly Firsov | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Valery Kharlamov | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Yury Blinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Boris Mikhaylov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Vladimir Petrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 19 | Vladimir Shadrin | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Vitaly Davydov | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Viktor Kuzkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Aleksandr Ragulin | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 7 | Gennady Tsygankov | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Vladimir Lutchenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 8 | Valery Vasilyev | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 20 | Vladislav Tretyak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 88.5% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 9 | – | – | 23 | 88.5% | – | |||||
| Coach | Anatoly Tarasov | ||||||||||
Finland| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save % | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Veli-Pekka Ketola | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Matti Murto | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Harri Linnonmaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Juhani Tamminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Lasse Oksanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Esa Peltonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Seppo Repo | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Lauri Mononen | 1 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 19 | Timo Turunen | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Ilpo Koskela | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Seppo Lindström | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Heikki Riihiranta | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Heikki Järn | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Juha Rantasila | 0 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 7 | Pekka Marjamäki | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Jorma Valtonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 79.1% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | – | – | 34 | 79.1% | – | |||||
| Coach | Seppo Liitsola | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:14 (1) | Gennady Tsygankov (Valery Kharlamov) | | 1-0 | PP1 | |
| 4:24 (1) | Valery Kharlamov (Anatoly Firsov, Vladimir Vikulov) | | 2-0 | PP1 | |
| 7:43 (1) | Lauri Mononen | | 2-1 | EQ | |
| 13:33 (1) | Timo Turunen (Juha Rantasila) | | 2-2 | PP1 | |
| 14:47 (1) | Vladimir Vikulov (Aleksandr Ragulin) | | 3-2 | EQ | |
| 20:18 (2) | Lasse Oksanen (Seppo Lindström) | | 3-3 | SH | |
| 27:56 (2) | Valery Kharlamov | | 4-3 | EQ | |
| 32:46 (2) | Valery Kharlamov (Vladimir Lutchenko) | | 5-3 | EQ | |
| 37:17 (2) | Aleksandr Maltsev (Vitaly Davydov) | | 6-3 | EQ | |
| 41:27 (3) | Vladimir Vikulov (Valery Kharlamov) | | 7-3 | EQ | |
| 55:26 (3) | Yury Blinov (Aleksandr Maltsev, Valery Kharlamov) | | 8-3 | EQ | |
| 59:43 (3) | Aleksandr Maltsev (Aleksandr Yakushev) | | 9-3 | EQ |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | Vladislav Tretyak | | In | ||
| 0:00 (1) | Jorma Valtonen | | In | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Vladislav Tretyak | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Jorma Valtonen | | Out |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:31 (1) | Juha Rantasila | | 2 | Tripping | |
| 3:52 (1) | Timo Turunen | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 9:52 (1) | Vitaly Davydov | | 2 | Tripping | |
| 13:23 (1) | Valery Vasilyev | | 2 | Holding | |
| 19:41 (1) | Lauri Mononen | | 2 | Interference | |
| 30:34 (2) | Pekka Marjamäki | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 37:45 (2) | Vladimir Shadrin | | 2 | Slashing | |
| 39:15 (2) | Juha Rantasila | | 2 | Charging | |
| 43:35 (3) | Lauri Mononen | | 2 | Spearing |
