 Game one was held in Montreal in a very warm Montreal Forum on September 2 before 18 @,@ 818 fans . The gamesmanship between the teams started before the first faceoff . Canada was assigned the home team for all games in Canada , while the Soviets would be the home team in Moscow . The Soviets would not release their lineup until they had seen their opponents ' , the opposite order , considering they were the visitors . The official scorer had to return to the Soviets ' dressing room and demand the lineup . To Sinden , he wanted to put the Ellis @-@ Clarke @-@ Henderson line on against Valeri Kharlamov 's line . The Soviets did not start Kharlamov 's line and Sinden named Phil Esposito 's line for the opening face @-@ off . 
