By Rick Stephens, Editor-in-Chief, All Habs Hockey Magazine
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MONTREAL, QC. — With the preliminary rounds left behind, all teams move forward but the eliminations begin. With Team Canada and the U.S. squad having byes into the Quarter Finals starting Wednesday, only four of the seven Montreal Canadiens players at the Olympics could see action on Tuesday including Tomas Plekanec, Peter Budaj, Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin.
UPDATE: Sergei Bobrovsky will start in goal for Russia vs Norway. Team Canada coach Mike Babcock confirms that Carey Price will start in goal in the quarter-final game on Wednesday against the winner of Switzerland vs Latvia.
| Points – Preliminary Round (FINAL) | |||||||
| Group A | |||||||
| Win | OT Win | Loss | OT Loss | Points | Next Game | ||
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RUS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Norway, 7:30 a.m. EST |
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SLO | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Austria, 3:00 a.m. EST |
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SVK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Czech Republic, 12:00 p.m. EST |
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USA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Wednesday, February 19th vs. CZE/SVK, 12:00 p.m. EST |
| Group B | |||||||
| Win | OT Win | Loss | OT Loss | Points | Next Game | ||
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AUT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Slovenia, 3:00 a.m. EST |
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CAN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Wednesday, February 19th vs. SUI/LAT, 12:00 p.m. EST |
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FIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Wednesday, February 19th vs. RUS/NOR, 7:30 a.m. EST |
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NOR | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Russia, 7:30 a.m. EST |
| Group C | |||||||
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CZE | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Slovakia, 12:00 p.m. EST |
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LAT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Switzerland, 12:00 p.m. EST |
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SUI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Tuesday, February 18th vs. Latvia, 12:00 p.m. EST |
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SWE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Wednesday, February 19th vs. SLO/AUT, 3:00 a.m. EST |
| Matchup | ||||
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Team RUSSIA |
2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 18, 7:30 AM ET |
Team NORWAY |
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| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Alexander Ovechkin – Evgeni Malkin – Alexander Semin Alexander Radulov – Pavel Datsyuk – Ilya Kovalchuk Vladimir Tarasenko – Artem Anisimov – Nikolai Kulemin Alexander Popov – Alexei Tereshenko – Viktor Tikhonov |
Mats Zuccarello – Per-Age Skrøder – Patrick Thoresen Mathis Olimb – Anders Bastiansen – Ken Andre Olimb Martin Roymark – Mads Hansen – Marius Holtet Robin Dahlstrom – Kristian Forsberg – Mats Rosseli Olsen |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – Slava Voynov Yevgeni Medvedev – Alexei Emelin Ilya Nikulin – Fedor Tyutin Anton Belov – Nikita Nikitin |
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen – Mats Trygg Alexander Bonsaksen – Jonas Holos Henrik Odegaard – Henrik Soergaard Solberg |
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| Goalies | |||
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Lars Haugen | ||
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Record: 0-0-1 GAA: 2.77 Sv%: .912 SO: – Alternate: Semyon Varlamov |
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Record: 0-3-0 GAA: 3.88 Sv%: .885 SO: 0 Alternate: Lars Volden |
| Scratches | |||
| Alexander Svitov, Alexander Yeromenko, Valeri Nichushkin | Daniel Sorvik, Steffen Soberg, Niklas Roest, Jonas Holoes, Morten Ask | ||
| Matchup | ||||
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Team CZECH REPUBLIC |
2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 18, 12:00 PM ET |
Team SLOVAKIA |
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| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Roman Cervenka – Tomáš Plekanec – Jaromír Jágr Ales Hemsky – David Krejčí – Milan Michálek Jakub Voráček – – Martin Erat Petr Nedvěd – Martin Hanzal – Michael Frolik Ondrej Palat |
Tomáš Tatar – Michal Handzuš – Marián Hossa Marcel Hossa – Tomáš Surovy – Tomáš Jurčo – Tomáš Marcinko – Richard Pánik Milan Bartovič – Tomáš Záborský – Michel Miklik |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Marek Židlický – Ladislav Smid Tomáš Kaberle – Michal Rozsíval Zbyněk Michálek – Michal Barinka Lukáš Krajíček |
Ľubomír Višňovský – Zdeno Chára Andrej Sekera – Andrej Meszároš Ivan Baranka – Martin Marinčin |
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| Goalies | |||
| Ondrej Pavelec | Jan Laco | ||
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Record: 1-1-0 GAA: 1.51 Sv%: .935 SO: 0 Alternate: Jakub Kovar |
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Record: 0-1-0 GAA: 0.92 Sv%: .973 SO: 0 Alternate: Jaroslav Halák |
| Scratches | |||
| Alexander Salak, Jiri Novotný, Radko Gudas, Patrik Eliáš (flu) | Peter Budaj, Tomas Starosta, Rene Vydareny, Milan Jurcina, Peter Olvecky, Tomáš Kopecký(upper body) | ||
(Feature by Clive Mason/Getty Images)