SOCHI, Russia – The pace was blazing. The hits had extra focus to them. The atmosphere at the Bolshoy Ice Dome was spirited, the noise constant. Whether this was leftover animosity from the days of the Cold War and the Miracle on Ice, or just the inherent urgency of a huge game in a short tournament – or most likely both – the U.S. and Russian hockey teams went at each other for a full 65 minutes at the Sochi Winter Olympics in a game that felt like an instant classic even as it was going on.
That such a compelling contest, tied at the end of regulation and a five-minute overtime, could be ended on penalty shots seemed somehow anticlimactic – until the respective skaters went back and forth, eight times apiece, before T.J. Oshie won it for the Americans, 3-2.
A raucous, sellout crowd that included Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the teams skate to a 2-2 at the end of regulation, a score that held up only because an apparent Russian goal with 4:40 left in the third period was disallowed after video review. The long blast from Fyodor Tyutin from just inside the blue line hit the back of the net, past U.S. goalie Jonathan Quick, but was waved off after a video review showed the net was off its moorings.
The goal would have stood under NHL rules, but was not goal under international rules.
The overtime period, too, failed to break the tie, with the U.S. having the best scoring chance, when Patrick Kane broke free alone. His try was stopped, however, by Russian goalie Sergei Bobrovski.
Just before the midway point of the third period, with the U.S. on a power play and the score tied, Kane sent a beautiful pass across the ice and through the Russian penalty-kill unit, reaching the stick of Joe Pavelski on the left. Pavelski beat Russian goalie Sergei Bobrovski, giving the U.S. a 2-1 lead.
A small but vocal contingent of U.S. fans, just a fraction of the sold-out crowd, cheered and rang cowbells at the goal.
Russian captain Pavel Datsyuk scored twice, the second goal tying the game late in the third period. Considered questionable to play in the tournament at all in the days leading up – because of a lower-body injury that had kept him out of a month’s worth of Detroit Red Wings games. washingtonpost.com
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