Russia-Norway notes, quotes, tweets

RUSSIA 4, NORWAY 0
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BULLET POINTS: After an evenly played 20 minutes resulted in a scoreless game at the first intermission, Russia used two goals from Alexander Radulov, one from Ilya Kovalchuk and one from Alexei Tereshenko to outscore Norway 4-0 over the final two periods. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 22 shots to follow up Semyon Varlamov’s shutout of Slovakia with one of his own. The Norwegians put up an admirable fight in their tournament finale as leading scorer and New York Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello missed the game due to a hand injury.

VOYNOV: Slava Voynov led all Russian skaters in ice time with a total of 20:43. He recorded a plus-2 rating and one shot on goal in a versatile performance. Though he is yet to record a point this tournament, his plus-3 rating is tied for second amongst Russian skaters. With three shots on goal in four games, he trails team leader Alexander Ovechkin by 18 shots on goal.

THEIR WORDS: “The most important thing right now is the team,” Ovechkin said, as reported by NHL.com’s Arpon Basu. “It’s not about personal stats, it’s not about the goal-scoring lead. We’re here to win the gold. It’s not about winning scoring titles and all that kind of stuff.”

NEXT GAME: Quarterfinals: Russia-Finland, 4:30 a.m. PT, Wednesday, February 19, NBCSN; Norway eliminated

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