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Olympic GameDay – Lineups, Puck’s Pick: Canada Aims For Gold

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Olympic GameDay – Lineups, Puck’s Pick: Canada Aims For Gold
(Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Scott Gardner)

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by Kathy K.,  Managing Editor, All Habs Hockey Magazine

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MONTREAL, QC. — It all comes down to this: Olympic gold. Team Sweden and Team Canada. Our own Carey Price was perfect against the Americans on Friday, as millions tuned in to see if Canada would move on. The Swedes have been a force since the beginning of the tournament, but somehow eluded several people’s idea of a dream final. The rematch of the 2010 final was over and (nervously) done with, and the host Russians lost seemingly forever ago to the eventual bronze-winning Finns…

This leaves the only other team to win Olympic gold since the start of the millennium.

Said Price: “There’s a lot of winners in that locker room and they all know how to play in tough situations, and be comfortable being uncomfortable.”

The game gets underway at 7:30 a.m. EST. It will be an early start for many, but that doesn’t mean fewer people will be watching.

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 Matchup
SWE Team
SWEDEN
2014 Sochi Olympics
Feb 23, 7:00 AM ET
Team
CANADA
CAN
 Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Alexander Steen – Patrik Berglund – Daniel Alfredsson
Loui Eriksson – Nicklas Bäckström – Daniel Sedin
Gabriel Landeskog – Marcus Johansson – Jakob Silfverberg
Carl Hagelin – Jimmie Ericsson – Gustav Nyquist
Marcus Krüger
Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – Patrice Bergeron
Patrick Marleau – Jonathan Toews – Jeff Carter
Jamie Benn – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Patrick Sharp – Matt Duchene – Rick Nash
Martin St. Louis
Defensemen
Erik Karlsson – Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Niklas Kronwall – Jonathan Ericsson
Niklas Hjalmarsson – Johnny Oduya
Henrik Tallinder
Duncan Keith – Shea Weber
Jay Bouwmeester – Alex Pietrangelo
Drew Doughty – Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Dan Hamhuis
Goalies
Henrik Lundqvist Carey Price
NYR_Henrik_Lundqvist Record: 5-0-0
GAA: 1.20
Sv%: .951
SO: 1
Alternate: Jhonas Enroth
CareyPrice2014 Record: 4-0-0
GAA: 0.74
Sv%: .963
SO: 1
Alternate: Roberto Luongo
Scratches
 Jonas Gustavsson, Alexander Edler, Henrik Zetterberg (herniated disc) Mike Smith, P.K. Subban, John Tavares (leg injury)

 

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