GDT: Group A - May 14 - Russia vs Slovakia

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 14
10:15 AM ET • 4:15 PM CET

Russia vs Slovakia

Russia
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Igor Shestyorkin
83 Vasili Koshechkin

Defensemen:
4 Vladislav Gavrikov - 55 Bogdan Kiselevich
89 Nikita Nesterov - 22 Nikita Zaitsev
44 Yegor Yakovlev - 51 Alexei Bereglazov
88 Nikita Tryamkin

Forwards:
7 Kirill Kaprizov - 13 Pavel Datsyuk - 97 Nikita Gusev
25 Mikhail Grigorenko - 15 Artyom Anisimov - 63 Yevgeni Dadonov
78 Maxim Mamin - 41 Nikita Soshnikov - 87 Maxim Shalunov
94 Alexander Barabanov - 29 Ilya Kablukov - 66 Ilya Mikheyev
19 Pavel Buchnevich

Scratched:
G 31 Ilya Sorokin
D 3 Dinar Khafizullin
F 11 Sergei Andronov


Slovakia
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
1 Marek Čiliak
42 Patrik Rybár

Defensemen:
56 Michal Čajkovský - 2 Andrej Sekera
65 Christián Jaroš - 71 Marek Ďaloga
51 Dominik Graňák - 66 Martin Fehérváry
3 Adam Jánošík - 7 Mario Grman

Forwards:
27 Ladislav Nagy - 19 Michal Krištof - 13 Tomáš Jurčo
87 Marcel Haščák - 25 Marek Hovorka - 83 Martin Bakoš
12 Dávid Bondra - 17 Dávid Buc - 88 Patrik Svitana
6 Lukáš Cingel - 65 Tomáš Marcinko - 18 Andrej Kudrna

Scratched:
G 30 Denis Godla
F 33 Juraj Mikúš
F 28 Pavol Skalický


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[maximafinogenov7]

2:1 shootout - Slovakia

 

[tobu]

Only game Russia lost in OG was against Slovakia. Why not a repeat of that?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Slovakia is good. Ot win for Russia.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Shesterkin will play instead of Koshechkin. I hope for a shut-out.

 

[tobu]

Slovaks need 2 points from this game to have the fight for the quarter spot in their own hands.

 

[Retroglyphs]

Slovakia 2 - Russia 4

 

[maclean]

Super important game for both teams - should be a great match!

 

[slovakiasnextone]

I hope our guys can at least repeat the performance against Sweden.

 

[maximafinogenov7]

Ciliak will play instead Rybar. Little surprise for me, after his great performance with Sweden. What is your opinion Slovak guys?

 

[Jakk123]

Ciliak will play instead Rybar. Little surprise for me, after his great performance with Sweden. What is your opinion Slovak guys?

I would prefer Rybar.
EDIT: But ofc, I hope Ciliak proves me wrong.

 

[PapaQ]

I like Rybar's style better, but who knows. Ciliak is pretty capable also.
We need to keep down the PP - thats gonna be crucial.

 

[Atas2000]

Andronov scratched. Shalunov to center the line. Dadonov takes Buchnevich's place on the 2nd line. Buchnevich as 13th forward.

 

[flemo]

Ciliak will play instead Rybar. Little surprise for me, after his great performance with Sweden. What is your opinion Slovak guys?

No problem, they are both good. It's a coinflip for me.

 

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

Andronov scratched. Shalunov to center the line. Dadonov takes Buchnevich's place on the 2nd line. Buchnevich as 13th forward.

Buchnevich, Soshnikov and Mamin, with all the due respect, showed next to nothing in this WC so far. So much for the automatic invitation of NHL "stars". Probably the one that played less bad was Mamin, and that's not a good sign for Buchnevich and Soshnikov.

 

[theslatcher]

Slovakia wants to win this so a win against Belarus would mean QFs, could go either way considering both teams latest displays.

 

[Atas2000]

Buchnevich, Soshnikov and Mamin, with all the due respect, showed next to nothing in this WC so far. So much for the automatic invitation of NHL "stars". Probably the one that played less bad was Mamin, and that's not a good sign for Buchnevich and Soshnikov.

Strongly disagree. Buchnevich was great all around. Not in the same league with Mamin and Soshnikov who should not be on the team and are no NHLers too. Fringe NHLers at best.

 

[Babula]

Go Slovakia Go !

 

[Reds4Life]

Russia is gonna smoke Slovakia, AINEC.

 

[Babula]

first PP of the game for Slovakia

 

[Mirinho]

"Ciliak jede bomby" ... sry for czech post, but this sounds good only in czech

 

[Kshahdoo]

Had to be 5 vs 3...

 

[Kshahdoo]

I don't like the game. Slovakia isn't that weak, so they will fire back rather soon, than later. 1-0 is a bad score for such a game.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Datsyuk - Gusev is sexy.

 

[jonas2244]

Datsyuk - Gusev is sexy.

Indeed, what a play.