And we'll see you on Sunday, May 3 - a match with Slovenia (they also have a whole one player - Kopitar from the Los Angeles Kings), starting at one in the afternoon. See you!
The best player for the Russians is Viktor Tikhonov, for the Norwegians - Patrick Thoresen (he is the only one). Based on the match, we can say that Bobrovsky, despite two missed goals (there are ricochets and it’s never his fault) is a world-class goalkeeper, and Panarin does the right thing by going to the NHL, he looks very good.
6:2, the first match is over!
Bob makes an incredible save, saves an almost empty net!
And the removal of the Russians a minute before the end! We will play five on three now.
Norway has a timeout, maybe the goalkeeper will be removed. Norwegians in the majority, I remind you.
And again, Bob scratches the puck on the patch after a dangerous shot!
And in reverse, Bobrovsky comes into play, makes a simple save.
Anton Belov in the minority goes one on one with the goalkeeper of the Norwegians but does not beat him
And the removal of the Russian team, the three of us play against four Norwegians!
Kovalchuk was sent off for rudeness on the Norwegian captain Ole-Christian Tollefsen, Tollefsen was sent off for the same thing, the game was 4 on 4. There was such rudeness - they pushed a little.
Mozyakin gave an excellent pass out of nowhere to Yakovlev, but the newly minted striker throws exactly at the Norwegian goalkeeper.
Bobrovsky shows super speed in goal and takes a not very dangerous, but still unpleasant shot.
Panarin alone pulls all the offense in the shift, but there are no throws.
Tikhonov, apparently injured, instead of him, defender Yegor Yakovlev took over the duties of the attacker. That is, we play 8 forwards and seven defenders, that's fine.
And what about the Czechs. And the Czechs have a match with the Swedish national team, which they lose 2:4.
The Russian national team is not showing anything in the positional attack now, the speed is at zero, they are resting.
Now the goalkeeper of the Norwegians Volden has repulsed a cannon shot from the blue line!
Nothing continued to happen.
The game has noticeably calmed down, everyone seems to be satisfied with the result. Only Bobrovsky is bored.
And now Anisimov repeats Panarin's throw one-on-one, and with the same result. Yes, we need a goal! It is necessary to overtake Canada in goals scored. We have already overtaken the missed ones.
Panarin again throws from Ovechkin's favorite position and misses again.
The Norwegians even placed themselves in the zone of the Russians and even closed it and launched an attack at a second pace. As they started, so they ended, however.
Tikhonov's arm was hit by a puck, wincing in pain. I used to play hockey, I understand it like no one else.
Unbelievable, Norway already has nine shots! And the Russian team did not quit even once in the first two minutes of the period.
I opened the cider and I advise you the same.
Bobrovsky was allowed to play - he copes with the throw of the Norwegian without any questions at all.
Third period, let's go!
Say hello to the faithful reader online, what would not be conveyed.
And break! Rest, get ready to look further.
Sergei Plotnikov now played well in attack - on the blue line he caught the puck flying away from someone else's zone and organized a good attack. Lars Walden was there.
25-6 score on throws, it is clear in whose favor.
What a dangerous pass for the Norwegians! Nicholas Rest was left alone in front of Bobrovsky's goal and only Tikhonov was able to prevent the throw. And our defenders parted directly.
You can go to Latvia, but it's impossible to escape from the advertising of potency drugs during hockey breaks.
Three-on-two attack, Tikhonov gets the puck and misses - he got confused about how to hit, and ended up throwing in no way.
So, well, Canada has already caught up with abandoned washers.
Artemy Panarin's first goal at the World Championships! One bypassed all the defense, deceived the goalkeeper and hit the far nine almost point-blank, handsome.
PANAAAARIN 6-2!!!!
Such a swing began, the dangerous exit of the Norwegians - and the lightning-fast response of Dadonov. Both to no avail, although the Norwegians had a real moment.
The Norwegians are in the minority again, the removal for the delay of the player, but the Russian team somehow cannot stand up normally in a foreign zone.
An excellent pass from Mozyakin to defender Maxim Chudinov, who appeared in front of the goalkeeper - well, he also shoots Lars Walden.
And goooal 5-2!!
Canada already played Latvia today and won 6-1. We still have worse statistics.
Norway, of course, has crazy efficiency. Three shots - two goals, and Thoresen gets a 100% result.
Tikhonov went one on one to the Norwegian goalkeeper and can not cope with him! And there was a chance to answer.
Well, Thoresen is lucky, lucky. He was not left completely without guardianship, but there was space, and again a rebound from the defender.
Thoresen, double!!
Kovalchuk threw powerfully from the right flank outright, but completely by.
Kulikov decided to avenge the removal and threw from the blue line from the blue line, which is traditional for a defender - well, and somehow catastrophically harmless.
Norway is moving away again, and Russia is already in the majority.
And one more comment from Sergey Bobrovsky.
The Norwegians parted for about forty seconds in our zone, they could not bring the matter to the throw.
Kovalchuk, in the minority, decided to score, ran one at the gates of the Norwegians. And after him, Tikhonov also organized an attack. So far, we are in the minority throwing more than the opponent in the majority.
The Norwegians are again on the attack, the Russian team is removed - Kulikov is sent to rest for the delay.
In the first attack, Thoresen scored - a rebound from our defender's stick helped. Kovalchuk was right, you can't relax!
And Norway scores! Patrick Thoresen!
Let's go, second period!
Malkin gives interviews and is very worried about the form lost during the flight: “I believe, I hope, ~~ love ~~.” We also believe, we hope, Zhenya!
Sergei Bobrovsky: "Very funny, damn it, let's play, bad people." Well, at least he could say that, according to the popular hockey microblogger Tractorbang.
Kovalchuk: "You have to think about Norway, the opponent is serious, you can't relax." And he didn't laugh!
We have a rest, go for beer and continue to watch the master class performed by the Russian team.
A rare moment, Norwegian goalkeeper Lars Volden stopped Artemy Panarin's shot and played really well. Walden plays in the team of the second Swedish division.
Norwegian attacks look pretty doomed.
This is how I often score in NHL 15 - Tikhonov got the puck in front of the goalkeeper and just threw it for sure. In general, you can not continue the match, it's some kind of steamroller.
Tikhonov, 4:0!!!
Mozyakin entered the zone, Tikhonov caught a pass back right on the ribbon, gave it back to Mozyakin - he waited and gave a perfect pass to the far post to Danis Zaripov. Beauty of course.
Zaripov, three zero!!
Link Kovalchuk now spent a minute in the zone of the Norwegians, and when the puck was missed, the Norwegians immediately went to change from fatigue.
The game is entirely in the Norwegian zone, but mostly tenacious struggle at the boards. The Norwegians have someone to fight for the puck, but they still don’t understand what to do next with it.
The Norwegian national team made 1 (one) shot at Bobrovsky's goal. No matter how he freezes.
In general, frankly, our players show off - very technical players, a lot of tricky combinations, but not all of them are successful so far.
Dadonov stood tightly on the patch in anticipation of a pass, twice did not take the puck, the third time he could not circle the goalkeeper. That's where most ended.
Mozyakin and comrades got their chance to realize the majority, and so far nothing. They get up in the zone very easily, but the throws do not work.
Kovalchuk himself went into a strange zone, threw three times on goal and all on the goalkeeper. Kovey was fouled and a fight broke out. Most of the time we play again.
In general, such matches are very difficult to play - you tune in to resistance, but there is none, and you can relax and unexpectedly miss. The Russian national team has enough experience of defeats from such teams.
And Panarin immediately throws from the left flank! Ovechkin's favorite place, he would score, of course, but Artemy misses. But the link Shipachev-Dadonov-Panarin is incredible, of course, they look very well-coordinated.
The Norwegian national team is not particularly visible now, the difference in class is of course colossal.
Sasha Polivanov is now in Moscow watching hockey at John Donna. He says that the local public is wondering if this is already a semi-final.
Yes, in order. The first goal - Shipachev's link entered the zone like clockwork, a pass to Kovalchuk, he throws almost from under the blue line and hits Shipachev's club. And Anisimov just went into the zone and destroyed the entire Norwegian team at once.
AND TWO ZERO! Artem Anisimov is stitching the gates of the Norwegians!
Goal! Kovalchuk!
Viktor Tikhonov almost scores in the majority - he misses the corner of the goal with a snout!
Norway is removed, Andreas Martenson (by the way, who is this) for attacking a player who does not own the puck.
Panarin immediately took the initiative and even threw the Norwegians on goal twice - well, as he threw it, he threw the puck.
Norway wins the first face-off, surprisingly.
Gimaev and Skvortsov comment on Russia-2, perhaps the best duet of hockey commentators on federal TV, here we are lucky. Russia in white, Norwegians in stylish red.
Okay, it's four minutes before kickoff. The Russian national team plays in three fives, captain Kovalchuk, they are simply obliged to win.
And here is Malkin, by the way.
And the press officer of the Russian national team went crazy . No, seriously, read on. We sincerely hope that the national team will soon have a new press officer.
The first match with Norway, which has only one normal player - Patrick Thoresen from SKA, Russia starts without NHL players Tarasenko, Kulemin and Malkin. The last two have already arrived in Ostrava, but their luggage is lost somewhere, and Tarasenko will arrive tomorrow. There is no news from Datsyuk - the leader of Detroit has pain in his ribs after the playoffs, it is unclear whether the doctors will let him go.
Hockey fans have taken over Meduza and online (although soon there will be footballers too)! Today we are starting to watch the World Cup, which has already acquired a bunch of oddities. But first things first. My name is Pasha Borisov, the second main hockey fan in the editorial office, Sasha Polivanov, is not yet in the ranks - wait for him closer to the end of the preliminary stage.