Game Report 27		World Cup of Hockey
PLAYED AT: Air Canada Centre Date: Sep 24, 2016 GAME NOTES: MARCHAND LEADS CANADA INTO WORLD CUP FINALS WENDY GRAVES TORONTO – Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL) had two goals and Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL), Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL) and John Tavares (Mississauga, Ont./New York Islanders, NHL) one each as Canada beat Russia 5-3 to advance to the best-of-three final series of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Finding itself tied 2-2 after two periods despite outshooting Russia 33-15, Canada scored three times in a span of 8:06 of the third period to pull away. Just 1:16 into the final period, Crosby dropped a pass to Marchand, who cleanly beat Sergei Bobrovsky far side. Four minutes later, Perry found the handle on a rebound in front to make it 4-2. Then Tavares did a little toe drag before releasing a wrist shot from between the hash marks. With Russia’s net empty, Artemi Panarin scored in a scramble down low with seven seconds left in regulation to close out the scoring. Canada opened the scoring in front of an amped-up crowd only 7:40 into the game. Crosby picked the puck off Dmitry Kulikov near the side boards, skated in front and finished off with a backhand. Just as players put aside rivalries this tournament, so too have the fans. After Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) stoned Nikita Kucherov in the opening minutes, the crowd chanted his name. And after Marchand created a turnover deep in the Russian zone and set up a scoring chance for himself on the penalty kill, his efforts were loudly cheered. Neither player is likely to be received so warmly on future visits to the Air Canada Centre. The opening five minutes of the second period were all Canada, but it couldn’t buy itself some breathing room. A one-goal lead is perilously thin, even when a team is dominating puck possession. Russia didn’t get its first shot of the second period until 8:47 had ticked off the clock. And Kucherov scored on that shot, keeping the puck on a two-on-one with Vladislav Namestnikov. Moments after Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL) hit the crossbar, Evgeny Kuznetsov finished off a pass in front to give Russia its first lead late in the second period. Seventy-two seconds later Crosby fed Marchand to tie the game. Canada outshot Russia 47-34; Price picked up his third win in as many starts. Canada awaits the winner of the Sweden-Europe semifinal to see who it faces in the final; Game 1 goes Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT). Visiting Team: Russia Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Varlamov, Semyon G 72   Bobrovsky, Sergei   7   Kulikov, Dmitry   8   Ovechkin, Alex   9   Orlov, Dmitry   13   Datsyuk, Pavel   22   Zaitsev, Nikita   27   Panarin, Artemi   41   Kulemin, Nikolay   42   Anisimov, Artem   47   Marchenko, Alexey   63   Dadonov, Evgenii   71   Malkin, Evgeni   74   Emelin, Alexei   77   Telegin, Ivan   79   Markov, Andrei   86   Kucherov, Nikita   87   Shipachev, Vadim   89   Nesterovv, Nikita   90   Namestnikov, Vladislav   91   Tarasenko, Vladimir   92   Kuznetsov, Evgeny	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 91  2:00  Roughing 13:04 1   13:04 15:04 1st 22  2:00  Tripping 15:29 1   15:29 17:29 1st 92  2:00  High-Sticking 18:28 1   18:28 0:28	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Price, Carey G 50   Crawford, Corey   4   Bouwmeester, Jay   6   Weber, Shea   7   Muzzin, Jake   8   Doughty, Drew   9   Duchene, Matt   15   Getzlaf, Ryan   16   Toews, Jonathan   20   Tavares, John   24   Perry, Corey   27   Pietrangelo, Alex   28   Giroux, Claude   37   Bergeron, Patrice   39   Couture, Logan   44   Vlasic, Marc-Edouard   63   Marchand, Brad   87   Crosby, Sidney   88   Burns, Brent   90   O'Reilly, Ryan   91   Stamkos, Steven   97   Thornton, Joe	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 4  2:00  Hooking 5:06 1   5:06 7:06 1st 88  2:00  Tripping 9:10 1   9:10 11:10 3rd 15  2:00  Slashing 1:37 1   1:37 3:37

RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 8:46   86-22-71                         2nd 16:24   92-77-63                         3rd 19:51   27-41-86

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 7:40   87                         2nd 17:36   63-87-37                         3rd 1:16   63-87-37                         3rd 5:48   24-39-44                         3rd 9:22   20-15-44

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES RUSSIA 0 / 3 CANADA 0 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY RUSSIA 6 min / 3 inf CANADA 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY RUSSIA 3 G + 6 A = 9 Pts CANADA 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total RUSSIA 0 2 1 3 CANADA 1 1 3 5 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off RUS - Bobrovsky (60:00) (L) 16 15 11 42 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Price (60:00) (W) 7 6 18 31 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Cup of Hockey Game Report.

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