Olympic GameDay – Lineups: Qualification Features Plekanec, Emelin, Markov

By Rick Stephens, Editor-in-Chief, All Habs Hockey Magazine

Habs’ Players in Action

MONTREAL, QC. — With the preliminary rounds left behind, all teams move forward but the eliminations begin. With Team Canada and the U.S. squad having byes into the Quarter Finals starting Wednesday, only four of the seven Montreal Canadiens players at the Olympics could see action on Tuesday including Tomas Plekanec, Peter Budaj, Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin. 

UPDATE: Sergei Bobrovsky will start in goal for Russia vs Norway. Team Canada coach Mike Babcock confirms that Carey Price will start in goal in the quarter-final game on Wednesday against the winner of Switzerland vs Latvia.

Points – Preliminary Round (FINAL)
Group A
		Win	OT Win	Loss	OT Loss	Points	Next Game
	RUS	1	1	0	1	6	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Norway, 7:30 a.m. EST
	SLO	1	0	2	0	3	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Austria, 3:00 a.m. EST
	SVK	0	0	2	1	1	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Czech Republic, 12:00 p.m. EST
	USA	2	1	0	0	8	Wednesday, February 19th vs. CZE/SVK, 12:00 p.m. EST
Group B
		Win	OT Win	Loss	OT Loss	Points	Next Game
	AUT	1	0	2	0	3	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Slovenia, 3:00 a.m. EST
	CAN	2	1	0	0	8	Wednesday, February 19th vs. SUI/LAT, 12:00 p.m. EST
	FIN	2	0	0	1	7	Wednesday, February 19th vs. RUS/NOR, 7:30 a.m. EST
	NOR	0	0	3	0	0	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Russia, 7:30 a.m. EST
Group C
		Win	OT Win	Loss	OT Loss	Points	Next Game
	CZE	1	0	2	0	3	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Slovakia, 12:00 p.m. EST
	LAT	0	0	3	0	0	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Switzerland, 12:00 p.m. EST
	SUI	2	0	1	0	6	Tuesday, February 18th vs. Latvia, 12:00 p.m. EST
	SWE	3	0	0	0	9	Wednesday, February 19th vs. SLO/AUT, 3:00 a.m. EST

Matchup
	Team RUSSIA	2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 18, 7:30 AM ET	Team NORWAY

Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Alexander Ovechkin – Evgeni Malkin – Alexander Semin Alexander Radulov – Pavel Datsyuk – Ilya Kovalchuk Vladimir Tarasenko – Artem Anisimov – Nikolai Kulemin Alexander Popov – Alexei Tereshenko – Viktor Tikhonov		Mats Zuccarello – Per-Age Skrøder – Patrick Thoresen Mathis Olimb – Anders Bastiansen – Ken Andre Olimb Martin Roymark – Mads Hansen – Marius Holtet Robin Dahlstrom – Kristian Forsberg – Mats Rosseli Olsen
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Slava Voynov Yevgeni Medvedev – Alexei Emelin Ilya Nikulin – Fedor Tyutin Anton Belov – Nikita Nikitin		Ole-Kristian Tollefsen – Mats Trygg Alexander Bonsaksen – Jonas Holos Henrik Odegaard – Henrik Soergaard Solberg
Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky		Lars Haugen
	Record: 0-0-1 GAA: 2.77 Sv%: .912 SO: – Alternate:  Semyon Varlamov		Record: 0-3-0 GAA: 3.88 Sv%: .885 SO: 0 Alternate: Lars Volden
Scratches
Alexander Svitov, Alexander Yeromenko, Valeri Nichushkin		Daniel Sorvik, Steffen Soberg, Niklas Roest, Jonas Holoes, Morten Ask

Matchup
	Team CZECH REPUBLIC	2014 Sochi Olympics Feb 18, 12:00 PM ET	Team SLOVAKIA

Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Roman Cervenka – Tomáš Plekanec – Jaromír Jágr Ales Hemsky – David Krejčí – Milan Michálek Jakub Voráček –  – Martin Erat Petr Nedvěd – Martin Hanzal – Michael Frolik Ondrej Palat		Tomáš Tatar – Michal Handzuš – Marián Hossa Marcel Hossa – Tomáš Surovy – Tomáš Jurčo – Tomáš Marcinko – Richard Pánik Milan Bartovič – Tomáš Záborský – Michel Miklik
Defensemen
Marek Židlický – Ladislav Smid Tomáš Kaberle – Michal Rozsíval Zbyněk Michálek – Michal Barinka Lukáš Krajíček		Ľubomír Višňovský – Zdeno Chára Andrej Sekera – Andrej Meszároš Ivan Baranka – Martin Marinčin
Goalies
Ondrej Pavelec		Jan Laco
	Record: 1-1-0 GAA: 1.51 Sv%: .935 SO: 0 Alternate: Jakub Kovar		Record: 0-1-0 GAA:  0.92 Sv%: .973 SO: 0 Alternate: Jaroslav Halák
Scratches
Alexander Salak, Jiri Novotný, Radko Gudas, Patrik Eliáš (flu)		Peter Budaj, Tomas Starosta, Rene Vydareny, Milan Jurcina, Peter Olvecky, Tomáš Kopecký(upper body)

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