| 03 Jan 2012, 11:00 | Regular season | Relegation | Scotiabank Saddledome | |||||||
| USA | 12-2 | Latvia | |||||
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| Referees: Devin Klein (CAN), Mikael Nord (SWE) | Spectators: 9146 | |||||||
Goals and assists
| 05:40 | | | home | | | | | 1-0 | | |  Austin Watson (Jarred Tinordi, Nick Bjugstad) | |
| 11:53 | | | home | | | | | 2-0 | | | Austin Watson (Jon Merrill, Nick Bjugstad) | |
| 16:17 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 3-0 | | | Austin Watson (Kyle Rau, Josh Archibald) |
| 18:47 | | | home | | | SHG | | | 4-0 | | | Jason Zucker (Brandon Saad) |
| 20:46 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 5-0 | | | J.T. Miller (Jason Zucker, Adam Clendening) |
| 20:56 | | | home | | | | | 6-0 | | | Nick Bjugstad (Brandon Saad, Austin Watson) | |
| 22:03 | | | away | | | | | 6-1 | | |  Zemgus Girgensons (Kristiāns Pelšs, Teodors Blugers) | |
| 25:38 | | | home | | | | | 7-1 | | | Bill Arnold (Kyle Rau) | |
| 32:08 | | | home | | | | | 8-1 | | | Adam Clendening (Austin Watson, Brandon Saad) | |
| 33:05 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 9-1 | | | Kyle Rau (Austin Watson, Jacob Trouba) |
| 35:30 | | | home | | | | | 10-1 | | | Nick Bjugstad (Austin Watson, Stephen Johns) | |
| 36:41 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 11-1 | | | Nick Bjugstad (Brandon Saad, Jon Merrill) |
| 42:16 | | | home | | | | | 12-1 | | | Austin Czarnik | |
| 53:25 | | | away | | | | | 12-2 | | | Teodors Blugers (Arturs Salija, Kristiāns Pelšs) |
Player statistics
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Archibald | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | |
| Bill Arnold | | | 1 | | | | | | | |||
| Nick Bjugstad | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | 5 | |
| Adam Clendening | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| Charlie Coyle | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Austin Czarnik | | | 1 | | | | | | | |||
| Emerson Etem | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
| Kevin Gravel | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Stephen Johns | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
| Jon Merrill | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 4 | |
| J.T. Miller | | | 1 | | | | | | | |||
| Kyle Rau | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | |
| Brandon Saad | | | | | 4 | | | | | 6 | ||
| Jarred Tinordi | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 3 | |
| Jacob Trouba | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | ||
| T.J. Tynan | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Austin Watson | | | 3 | | | 4 | | | | | 5 | |
| Jason Zucker | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toms Andersons | | | | | | | 2 | | | -2 | ||
| Teodors Blugers | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| Māris Diļevka | | | | | | | | | -3 | |||
| Kristers Freibergs | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
| Zemgus Girgensons | | | 1 | | | | | | | -2 | ||
| Vitālijs Hvorostiņins | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Nikita Jevpalovs | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
| Krists Kalnins | | | | | | | | | -3 | |||
| Edgars Klavins Cgojevs | | | | | | | | | -3 | |||
| Nikita Kolesnikovs | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
| Artūrs Kuzmenkovs | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
| Kriss Lipsbergs | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
| Roberts Lipsbergs | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
| Kristaps Nimanis | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
| Kristiāns Pelšs | | | | | 2 | | | 6 | | | -2 | |
| Arturs Salija | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | ||
| Edgars Siksna | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
| Davis Straupe | | | | | | | 2 | | | -2 | ||
| Juris Ziemins | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
| Pauls Zvirbulis | | | | | | | | | -1 |
Goalie statistics
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Campbell | | | 29 | | | 2 | | | 60:00 | | | 93.10 |
| John Gibson | | | | | | | | |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rihards Cimermanis | | | 29 | | | 5 | | | 19:00 | | | 82.76 |
| Kristers Gudlevskis | | | 29 | | | 7 | | | 41:00 | | | 75.86 |
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