Russian national hockey team lost to May 10 at the World Cup tournament hosts, the Finnish team. The game, which was held in Helsinki, ended with the score 3:2.
With 4 minutes into the game, Petri Kontiola scored the first goal. At the 24th minute equalizer by striker Alexander Radulov Russian national team, for whom this goal was the third in the World Cup of 2013. However, in the 28th minute of the game Kontiola scored his second goal and in the 36th minute another goal against the Russian team scored striker Finns Yuhamatti Aaltonen. At the end of the third period, in the 59th minute of the game, the Russian team managed to score another goal. Goal against the home team scored Ilya Kovalchuk with the transfer Perezhogina.
At the end of the match between Russia, which had previously led the group H («Helsinki»), dropped to second place in the standings with 9 points. Third place with the same number of points is the U.S. team. The first line is a team of Finland, scored 11 points.
On the eve of May 9 the Russian ice hockey team, which had previously played more than 10 games in a row without a single defeat, suddenly the team lost to France 2-1. Despite the defeat, Russia after playing with the French national team is still left on the front lines of the standings.
May 12 to meet with the Russian team against Slovakia. A day earlier, on May 11 Team Finland will play against Austria.