The battle for hockey gold turned out to be extremely tense. The Germans, who for the first time in history went to the finals of the OI, crushing the Canadians along the way, were not going to surrender to a more titled opponent. The account for half a second to the end of the first half was opened by Vyacheslav Voinov. The Germans won back in the middle of the second, when on the 30th minute of the match Koshechkin cut the washer sent by Felix Schutz into his own net. The third period turned out to be overdramatic.

At the 54th minute Nikita Gusev leads Russia forward, but only 10 seconds after the accurate roll of Kaguna the score becomes 2: 2. And after 2.5 minutes Germany led 3: 2 - an accurate throw noted Muller. Immediately after that, the Russians remained in the minority - for 2 minutes 11 seconds before the end of the match on the penalty box went Kalinin. Saved the national team Gusev. A few seconds before the siren, he took a double and made the score 3: 3. Teams went to break to meet in overtime. And here's Russia for the first time in 28 years, winning Olympic gold in hockey: 4.