 FACT: Before the U.S.A. scores its third goal in the match vs. the  U.S.S.R., Al Michaels says: "PETROV going off for slashing". And  they show us a player with number 16 on the shirt. And the announcer  confirms: "Soviet Union penalty to number sixteen, PETROV". Later on  the scoreboard indicates, that 17 seconds are left in the penalty  for the player number 16 (i.e. PETROV). But when the Americans  finally tie the score Al Michaels comments: "So the Americans, just  as the penalty to KRUTOV was about to expire, score to tie the  game". In the real game that was indeed KRUTOV, who was penalized.