MONTREAL, QC. — On Saturday we are treated to the first game between potential medalists of the Sochi 2014 Olympics as the United States takes on Russia pitting Canadiens teammates Max Pacioretty against Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin. But the first game of the day will feature Peter Budaj’s team Slovakia against Slovenia at the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
Groups
Group A
Win
Loss
Points
Next Game
RUS
1
0
3
Saturday, February 15th vs. U.S.A, 7:30 a.m. EST
SLO
0
1
0
Saturday, February 15th vs. Slovakia, 3:00 a.m. EST
SVK
0
1
0
Saturday, February 15th vs. Slovenia., 3:00 a.m. EST
USA
1
0
3
Saturday, February 15th vs. Russia, 7:30 a.m. EST
Group B
Win
Loss
Points
Next Game
AUT
0
2
0
Sunday, February 16th vs. Norway, 3:00 a.m. EST
CAN
2
0
6
Sunday, February 16th vs. Finland, 12:00 p.m. EST
FIN
2
0
6
Sunday, February 16th vs. Canada, 12:00 p.m. EST
NOR
0
2
0
Sunday, February 16th vs. Austria, 3:00 a.m. EST
Group C
Win
Loss
Points
Next Game
CZE
1
1
3
Saturday, February 15th vs. Switzerland, 12:00 p.m. EST
LAT
0
2
0
Saturday, February 15th vs. Sweden, 12:00 p.m. EST
SWI
1
1
3
Saturday, February 15th vs. Czech Republic, 12:00 p.m. EST
SWE
2
0
6
Saturday, February 15th vs. Latvia, 12:00 p.m. EST
Matchup
Team
SLOVAKIA
2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 15, 3:00 AM ET
Team
SLOVENIA
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Tomáš Tatar – Michal Handzuš – Marián Hossa
Marcel Hossa – Tomáš Surovy – Tomáš Kopecký
Tomáš Jurčo – Tomáš Marcinko – Richard Pánik
Milan Bartovič – Tomáš Záborský – Michel Miklik
Ziga Jeglic – Anže Kopitar – Jan Muršak
David Rodman – Rok Tičar – Marcel Rodman
Tomaž Razingar -Jan Urbas – Žiga Pance
Anže Kuralt – Aleš Mušič – Robert Sabolič
Defensemen
Ľubomír Višňovský – Zdeno Chára
Andrej Sekera – Andrej Meszároš
Ivan Baranka – Martin Marinčin
Record: 0-1 GAA: 8.96 Sv%: .800 SO: 0 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 0-1 GAA: 5.00 Sv%: .857 SO: 0 Alternate: Luka Gračnar
Scratches
Viktor Tikhonov, Alexander Svitov, Alexander Yeromenko
Žiga Pavlin, Boštjan Goličič, Klemen Pretnar, Miha Verlič, Andrej Hočevar
Matchup
Team
RUSSIA
2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 15, 7:30 AM ET
Team
U.S.A.
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 – Valeri Nichushkin
Zach Parise – David Backes – Ryan Callahan
Dustin Brown – Ryan Kesler – Patrick Kane
James van Riemsdyk – Joe Pavelski – Phil Kessel
Max Pacioretty – Paul Stastny – T.J. Oshie
Blake Wheeler
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Slava Voynov
Yevgeni Medvedev – Alexei Emelin
Ilya Nikulin – Fedor Tyutin
Anton Belov – Nikita Nikitin
Cam Fowler – John Carlson
Ryan Suter – Paul Martin
Ryan McDonagh – Kevin Shattenkirk
Brooks Orpik
Record: 1-0 GAA: 1.00 Sv%: .957 SO: 0 Alternate: Ryan Miller
Scratches
Viktor Tikhonov, Alexander Svitov, Alexander Yeromenko
Derek Stepan, Justin Faulk, Jimmy Howard
Matchup
Team
CZECH REPUBLIC
2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 15, 12:00 PM ET
Team
SWITZERLAND
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Roman Cervenka – Tomáš Plekanec – Jaromír Jágr
Ales Hemsky – David Krejčí – Milan Michálek
Jakub Voráček – Patrik Eliáš – Martin Erat
Petr Nedvěd – Martin Hanzal – Michael Frolik
Ondrej Palat
Roman Wick – Kevin Romy – Damien Brunner
Nino Niederreiter – Martin Pluss – Simon Moser
Simon Bodenmann – Luca Cunti – Denis Hollenstein
Morris Trachsler – Andres Ambuhl – Reto Suri
Defensemen
Marek Židlický – Ladislav Smid
Tomáš Kaberle – Michal Rozsíval
Zbyněk Michálek – Michal Barinka
Lukáš Krajíček
Raphael Diaz – Mark Streit
Yannick Weber – Roman Josi
Mathias Seger – Julien Vauclair
Goalies
Ondrej Pavelec
Jonas Hiller
Record: 1-0 GAA: 2.00 Sv%: .900 SO: 0 Alternate: Jakub Kovar