Russian hockey players defeated the Slovaks in a series of shootouts

The Russian team in hockey defeated the Slovak team in the match of the group round of the Olympic tournament. The squad of Zinetulla Bilyaletdinov needed a series of shootouts to win. The decisive post -match throw was made by Alexander Radulov - 1: 0 B.

The Russians immediately took possession of the advantage, but could not benefit from it. The puck did not stubbornly go into the gate. As many as three periods, the forwards of the Bilyaletdinov team could not break through Yana Laco. At the same time, very often our team played in the majority - Slovaks earned for the match for more than ten minutes of penalty time.

In the second period after the throw by Evgeny Medvedev, many thought that the puck still crossed the gate line, but the repetition showed that having hit the crossbar and the bar, she returned to the site.

In the third period, the Russians also had many points for taking the gate, but overtime failed to avoid. But the additional period of the game did not change the additional period. And only in a series of shootouts the Russian team proved its superiority. The winning puck was abandoned by Alexander Radulov - 1: 0 B.

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In another match of Group A, the US team defeated Slovenia with a score of 5: 1, thanks to which it retained the lead in the quartet with 8 points. The Russians took second place and, most likely, they still have a match in the 1/8 finals, while the Americans went to the quarterfinals directly. The final distribution of the playoff pairs will depend on the result of the Finland-Canada match (beginning at 21:00). But only a fantastic scenario will suit Russians - the Victory of Finns with a difference of 6 goals.