| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Group B, Match #4
| Date | 9 February 1998 — 18:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Big Hat, Nagano | |
| Referee | Gerhard Müller |  GER |
| Linesman | Václav Český |  CZE |
| Linesman | Rudolf Lauff |  SVK |
| Attendance | 9,930 |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France |  FRA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Japan |  JPN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:36 (1) | 0 – 1 | | Kiyoshi Fujita (Toshiyuki Sakai, Atsuo Kudo) | Equal-handed | |
| 14:42 (1) | 1 – 1 | | Philippe Bozon | Short-handed | |
| 15:32 (1) | 1 – 2 | | Ryan Kuwabara (Akihito Sugisawa, Shin Yahata) | Power play (1) | |
| 23:51 (2) | 2 – 2 | | Stéphane Barin (Anthony Mortas, Robert Ouellet) | Equal-handed | |
| 57:05 (3) | 3 – 2 | | Christian Pouget (Serge Poudrier, Philippe Bozon) | Power play (1) | |
| 59:08 (3) | 4 – 2 | | Philippe Bozon (Serge Poudrier) | Short-handed | |
| 59:37 (3) | 5 – 2 | | Serge Poudrier (Jean-Philippe Lemoine) | Short-handed |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:36 (1) | 2 | | Christian Pouget | Roughing | |
| 4:36 (1) | 2 | | Tsutsumi Otomo | Roughing | |
| 4:36 (1) | 2 | | Tsutsumi Otomo | Roughing | |
| 5:33 (1) | 2 | | Arnaud Briand | Charging | |
| 8:16 (1) | 2 | | Yuji Iga | Hooking | |
| 10:46 (1) | 20 | | Roger Dubé | Game misconduct | |
| 10:46 (1) | 5 | | Roger Dubé | Slashing | |
| 12:12 (1) | 2 | | François Gravel | Delay of game | |
| 16:53 (1) | 2 | | Jean-Philippe Lemoine | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 17:36 (1) | 2 | | Takayuki Kobori | Interference | |
| 21:28 (2) | 2 | | Tatsuki Katayama | Hooking | |
| 24:16 (2) | 2 | | Akihito Sugisawa | Hooking | |
| 24:49 (2) | 2 | | Pierre Allard | Interference | |
| 31:59 (2) | 2 | | Takeshi Yamanaka | Holding | |
| 35:22 (2) | 2 | | Tatsuki Katayama | Tripping | |
| 36:08 (2) | 2 | | Pierre Allard | High sticking | |
| 54:31 (3) | 2 | | Maurice Rozenthal | Boarding | |
| 55:57 (3) | 2 | | Takeshi Yamanaka | Interference | |
| 58:28 (3) | 2 | | Karl DeWolf | Holding |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | François Gravel | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Dusty Imoo | Goalkeeper In |
| 59:08 (3) | | Dusty Imoo | Goalkeeper Out |
| 59:32 (3) | | François Gravel | Goalkeeper Out |
France
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 36 | Richard Aimonetto | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Pierre Allard | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Stéphane Barin | – | – | 1 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Philippe Bozon | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Arnaud Briand | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 28 | Roger Dubé | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | – | – | |||||
| F | 40 | Laurent Gras | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Anthony Mortas | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Robert Ouellet | – | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 26 | Christian Pouget | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | François Rozenthal | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Maurice Rozenthal | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 42 | Jonathan Zwikel | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 13 | Karl DeWolf | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Serge Djelloul | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 43 | Gregory Dubois | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 34 | Jean-Christophe Filippin | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 16 | Jean-Philippe Lemoine | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 24 | Denis Perez | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 27 | Serge Poudrier | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 29 | François Gravel | 1 | 59:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 19 | 90.5% | |||||
| Coach | James Tibbetts |
Japan
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 40 | Kiyoshi Fujita | – | – | 1 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Yuji Iga | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 47 | Matthew Kabayama | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Makoto Kawahira | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 71 | Ryan Kuwabara | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 31 | Hiroshi Matsuura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Akihito Sugisawa | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tsutsumi Otomo | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Toshiyuki Sakai | – | – | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Kunihiko Sakurai | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Steven Tsujiura | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 30 | Shin Yahata | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 75 | Chris Yule | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Tatsuki Katayama | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 11 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Takayuki Kobori | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Atsuo Kudo | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Hiroyuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 36 | Takayuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Takeshi Yamanaka | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 70 | Dusty Imoo | 1 | 59:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 20 | 80.0% | |||||
| Coach | Björn Kinding |