

Team Czech Republic and Team Russia played the second of their two-game mini-set this afternoon at the arena in Prague. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie for the first two periods of play, with Team Czech Republic holding the edge in offensive shot production. But then Kuzy amazed.

Shots are 23-11 for Czech Rep. through two periods. They were 8-5 for Czech Rep in second after 15-6 in first. — Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) September 10, 2016

After two periods of play, things were looking quite sluggish for Team Russia, including their power play.

Russia PP has been not good. 0-for-3 now. Czech PK has been sharp. — Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) September 10, 2016

And yet another sluggish start for the Capitals troika.

Ovechkin has 1 SOG through two periods and had only 1 in game on Thursday. His line has two shots tonight. Kuznetsov has other. — Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) September 10, 2016

But finally, things broke loose for Team Russia when the Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov made a stunning saucer pass to line mate Nikita Kucherov. This is an unbelievable “between the defenders legs, saucer-bounce pass” by Kuzy, but then again, “Kuzy make nice sauce”.

The game commentators continued, praising Kuznetsov, saying he was “by far the best Russian player” for the game. By far!

Kuznetsov to Kucherov and it's 1-0 Russia pic.twitter.com/VsopRd1zGM — Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) September 10, 2016

That would be all of the scoring for Team Russia. The Czech’s would win it in a shootout, 2-1.

Ales Hemsky wins it for Czechs, 2-1 SO win over Russia pic.twitter.com/c8GTSmTBIa — Marina Molnar (@mkmolnar) September 10, 2016

By Jon Sorensen

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