 Canada took the lead only 1 : 54 into the game on a goal by J. P. Parise , but Petrov replied short @-@ handed at 3 : 16 to tie the game . Petrov stole the puck from Frank Mahovlich and broke away and deked Tony Esposito to score . After a strong fore @-@ check by the Canadians on the Soviets in their zone , Ratelle scored to put Canada ahead 2 – 1 after the first . Wayne Cashman dug the puck out of a scrum in the corner to feed the puck to Phil Esposito who scored to put Canada ahead 3 – 1 . On another Canadian power play , Kharlamov was circling behind the Canadian defence and received a pass to put himself on a breakaway . Kharlamov deked Tony Esposito to score the Soviets ' second short @-@ handed goal . Paul Henderson scored seconds later to restore the two @-@ goal lead , on an individual effort . The Soviets ' " <unk> 's Line " of Yuri Lebedev , Vyacheslav <unk> and Alexander <unk> then scored two goals to tie the game at 4 – 4 after two periods . 
