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Less than 24 hours after the Washington Capitals were eliminated by the New York Rangers, Alex Ovechkin was on a plane to Prague. After another early exit from the NHL postseason, Ovechkin jetted off to play in his 11th World Championship tournament. In 65 career games, Ovechkin had scored 57 points. He added two more today, helping Russia advance to the gold medal game against Sidney Crosby and Team Canada on Sunday. Ovi has already won Gold at Worlds three times. Another party with Vladimir Putin may be in order this year.
In the third period of the semifinal game against the United States, three minutes after Sergei Mozyakin opened the scoring, Ovi powered his way past Justin Faulk and dangled around Torey Krug before beating Connor Hellebuyck five hole.
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When the Russian Machine is mad, this is what happens.
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Ovechkin also tallied an assist on Evgeny Malkin‘s empty netter, which sealed the US’s fate. The game was scoreless as the game neared the midway mark of third period, but Russia scored four times in the final 12 minutes and 43 seconds. The US will play the host country Czechs for Bronze tomorrow.
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Additional reporting by Chris Gordon.
