The match seemed to be heading for overtime and shootouts, when Mikhail Varnakov scored a single goal 4.5 minutes before the end of the game. Varnakov passed the puck into the opponents' zone. It rebounded from the corner and got to the near goal post. Tim Stapleton hoovered it up and swiftly passed it to the far goal post, where Varnakov caught up with it and scored - 1:0.