 A dirty incident marred the second game . Cashman was cut in the mouth by Sweden 's Ulf Sterner 's stick . The cut to his tongue required nearly 50 stitches and forced him to miss the rest of the Summit Series , although he stayed with the team . Sterner was not penalized on the play . During the second intermission , Team Canada and Team Sweden scuffled in the runway to their dressing rooms before being separated by police . Canada took a 2 – 1 lead in the game , but the Swedes were not in awe of Canada like they had been at the beginning of game one . The Swedish tactics were effective ; Canada took 31 minutes in penalties to Sweden 's two . Sweden led the game 4 – 3 before Esposito scored on a 35 @-@ foot shot in the final minute . The Swedish defenceman had actually backed into their goaltender , allowing Esposito an easy shot for goal . Sinden also admitted that the tying goal was off @-@ side but the referees had missed the call . Sinden was " thrilled with the tie . I wouldn 't be able to stomach their gloating if they beat us . " 
