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Click here for a live streamas 2006 Olympic champion Sweden tries to hold off up-and-coming Switzerland in Pool C action....

The hometown lads started so fast that you half-expected to see Vladimir Putin, the 60-year-old president who suited up for an exhibition game here last month, slip back into a uniform and take a few shifts. Russia vs. Slovenia was always going to be a mismatch. Russia got the first goal when Alex Ovechkin roofed a wrister just over a minute into the game. The second came less than three minutes later...

The United States hockey team had no problem with Slovakia in their Group A Olympic opener, leaving the rink with a 7-1 win that included a six-goal outburst in the second period. Despite the final score, however, the U.S. team didn't dominate their opponent from the start....

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Capitals stars Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson wasted no time making an impact in their first games of the 2014 Olympics, each notching the first goals for their respective teams....

If Alex Ovechkin and his countrymen forget what they're playing for, they just have to look at their sleeves to remember....

Monumental Network's Mike Vogel spoke with the Caps captain ahead of his journey home to represent Russia in the Winter Games....

Visithttp://stream.nbcolympics.com/olympics/winter/13339/?ctx=citito watch a live stream of Alexander Ovechkin and team Russia take on Slovenia at 7:30 a.m....

Visit http://stream.nbcolympics.com/ice-hockey/winter/14973/to watch a live stream of USA vs. Slovakia in Olympics men's hockey starting at 7:30 a.m....

James van Riemsdyk has a funny little story about where he was when Sidney Crosby beat Ryan Miller in overtime to win the Olympic gold medal for Canada in the 2010 Vancouver Games. Van Riemsdyk was a 20-year-old rookie with the Philadelphia Flyers and living in his own apartment. One of my buddies came to visit me and I had to drive him to the airport, van Riemsdyk said. It was that gold medal loss...

The Czech Republic had a tough first Olympic game against the favored Sweden hockey team on Wednesday afternoon. Sweden jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second period before two quick goals by the Czechs cut the lead to 4-2. Though they brought it within two scores, the game was otherwise dominated by Sweden....

Sweden entered their Group C matchup with Czech Republic on Wednesday as the favorites, and jumped out to a commanding 4-0 lead early in the second period. Czech would rebound with two quick scores late in the frame, but it wasnt enough in Swedens 4-2 victory....

Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was 6 years old when Peter Forsberg scored in a shootout to giveSwedenits first Olympic gold medal in 1994. I think everyone inSwedenhas seen that goal, Backstrom said. Forsbergs goal againstCanadain the gold medal game was so historic inSweden, it was memorialized on a postage stamp.Eight years later, the Swedes won gold again inTurin,Italy, with an aging Forsberg,...

Watch Nick Backstrom and Sweden battle Martin Erat and the Czech Republic in the Sochi Olympics LIVE online via NBC....

Some noteworthy players will be kept out of this one for varying reasons....

One day ahead of the United States' first Olympic hockey matchup, goalie Jonathan Quick has earned the starting nod to face Slovakia....

Its hard to have a conversation about Olympic hockey without the issue rink size coming into play. Will the Europeans have an advantage over the North Americans when the mens hockey tournament begins in Sochi? Most NHL rinks are 200 feet long and 85 feet wide with 11 feet between the end boards and the goal line. All teams are dealing with it, said Team USA assistant coach Peter Laviolette....

For a while, it was beginning to look like everyone on the Capitals roster would score a goal before Marty Erat. In a season in which Connor Carrick, Tom Wilson, Michael Latta, Nate Schmidt and Julien Brouillette all scored their first career goals, Erat was plugging along without ever finding the back of the net 50 games this season to be exact. So it was no wonder the Capitals bench erupted when...

The name of the game for each of the mens Olympic hockey teams will be speed, skill and a hot goaltender....