>> eddie: a little forehand/backhand magic here from pavel datsyuk. wait, wait, wait. >> pierre: magical mittens for pavel datsyuk. >> mike e.: here's lupul for toronto. was not available in the shootout when it was held there a couple of weeks ago. gliding in is lupul. he scores! we are even through two innings. >> eddie: joffrey lupul certainly went to school. this puck, i believe, from our vantage point goes right between the legs of jimmy howard. what a shot. >> mike e.: tomas tatar has taken two of these in the nhl and has scored on one. moving in on bernier. lots of moves, and he's kept down by bernier. >> pierre: he could never get the puck settled, eddie. >> eddie: too many stick handles. he stick handled himself into submission. there was about 15 stick handles. and by that time the puck never got a shot. it just kind of rolled right off his stick. better off to push the puck and then make one move. >> mike e.: he's over .500 in his lifetime. 8 for 15. trying to win it. he scores! the maple leafs win! meanwhile, the red wings are raising their sticks, patting

los angeles kings in contrast russia has been a ray of talent an author ends with the likes of pavel datsyuk as well as of age can malkin i'm called schork likely to cause any opposition sleepless nights he had been late dinner believes abounds must be found between attack and defense and this is where someone might be unheralded so he saw in in comes. they'll be times when we need to shut down our opponents and we'll be shorthanded players like sawing are invaluable in this sort of situation as we're banking on him to be able to neutralize our opponent best players on the ice and on the penalty kill cultural can dive so could be any russians on the roster one million pick metal picking up bronze in two thousand and two the salt lake city games at thirty five done so because the oldest member of the squad and he's been given the honor of captaining the side. we've been thinking about this question for quite a while and we talked about it when we were in america however everyone came to the same conclusion that pavel datsyuk should be the captain him and he also got a lot of support from the

star pavel datsyuk to become the russian captain of the boats were named on the twenty five man allen pick squad you have get him out in goaltender some young valon off also made the cut after the first choice keeper assault charges of domestic violence against him dropped last month last time russia won an olympic gold was back in one nine hundred ninety two as part of the unified team but says he must first focus on his washington capitals told before giving his all for his country. i don't think about sochi a lot because if i'm going to show it in for a treat i'm going to be kind of short on my game and here. you know i give a hundred percent of what i can to help her win you know some of. the point i was game before i began going to come straight into such a game. well it's been a big blow for the american team after star skier lindsey vonn pulled out of sorts because of a nagging me injury the twenty nine year old claims of the downhill gold in vancouver four years ago and says she's devastated not to be able to defend her title and could be set for more surgery on her right knee

and we talked about it when we were in america however everyone came to the same conclusion that pavel datsyuk should be the captain him and he also got a lot of support from the players who were all right behind him with ten point is from the cage elso representing russia they live dino will have a lot more time with some of his squad than his opposing coaches they're headed to cosign for a training camp on january the twenty nine before going to sanchia on february the six where they'll be joined by the fifteen n.h.l. players as red machine prepare for vero opener against slovenia home favorite team and target a first russian gold since the unified team's triumph in ninety nine to two richard on board fleet r.t. moscow. staying on the ice where to scott beat at al two one in moscow to stretch their winning streak to four games in the k h l and robert father now takes a closer look at the in-form army men and their coach john. it's. probably the most famous brand of the sold it and russian ice hockey the club became something special and the great still it coach on top it that awesome and wen