Russia - Norway latest news and quick facts

Do you know:

1. Alexander Ovechkin has one goal and one assist in the tournament, both of which came in the first four minutes of Russia's opening game against Slovenia. Yevgeni Malkin and Alexander Radulov are Russia's leading scorers with one goal and two assists apiece
2. Per-Age Skroder leads Norway in scoring with two goals. Forward Mats Zuccarello, Norway's only NHL player, has yet to register a point and did not practice on Monday
3. Norway has never beaten Russia in their five meetings at the Olympic Games or World Championship
4. The two teams met twice at the 2012 World Championship with Russia earning a 4-2 preliminary round win and 5-2 quarterfinal win.

The winner will face No 4 seed Finland in the quarterfinal.

Latest clashes:

2013-04-20  Norway - Russia  0-2 Friendly

2013-04-19  Norway - Russia  3-2  Friendly

2012-05-17  Russia - Norway 5-2 World Championship, Final Round

2012-05-06  Russia  - Norway 4-2 World Championships, Group B

2011-04-16  Russia - Norway  4-3 Friendly

Players and staff about the game:

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Russia head coach): We played Norway before. We know that it's a serious competitor and the game won't be easy, so we have to prepare well.

Yevgeny Malkin (Russia): Norway it's an average team. They have good offence, not the strongest goaltenders but, of course, there are no weak rivals at this tournament.

Quote of the game: 

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Russia head coach) explaining why Russian captain Pavel Datsyuk is so popular: You like him? Ah, everybody likes him!

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