Friendly International · Thursday 7 May
Latvia – Norway 4:3 (after a shoot-out): Friendly International, 07/05/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
Goals per game · recent matches
Head to head · 1
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
Friendly International: Latvia – Norway 4:3 (7 May). Latvia won after a shoot-out.
By period: 0:1, 2:1, 1:1, 0:0, 2:0. Norway led after the first period (0:1), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: J. Johannesen (Norway); P. Vesterheim (Norway); M. Dzierkals (Latvia); T. Andersons (Latvia); R. Balcers (Latvia); J. Berglund (Norway).
Head to head (1): Latvia — 1 win, Norway — 0.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 M. DzierkalsLatvia1 goal
- 🇱🇻 T. AndersonsLatvia1 goal
- 🇱🇻 R. BalcersLatvia1 goal
- 🇱🇻 H. EgleLatvia1 assist
- 🇱🇻 O. MurnieksLatvia1 assist
- 🇱🇻 R. KrastenbergsLatvia1 assist
- 🇱🇻 S. VilmanisLatvia1 assist
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 08'
🏒 J. Johannesen0:1
assist: S. Hurrod
2nd period
- 02'
🏒 P. Vesterheim0:2
assist: M. Eriksen
- 05'
🏒 M. Dzierkals1:2
assist: H. Egle, O. Murnieks
- 16'
🏒 T. Andersons2:2
assist: R. Krastenbergs
3rd period
- 03'
🏒 R. Balcers3:2
assist: S. Vilmanis
- 08'
🏒 J. Berglund3:3
assist: H. Salsten
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 11
- 21
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Latvia
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Dzierkals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Balcers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Andersons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| H. Egle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Murnieks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Krastenbergs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Vilmanis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Norway
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Berglund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Johannesen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Vesterheim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| H. Salsten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Eriksen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Hurrod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
Latvia national team: next matches
Latvia's matches in other competitions
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Latvia 1 : 0 Norway
- 06.05.Full time · OTLatvia
3:2
Norway