(Evgeni Dadonov watches as a shot gets past Harri Sateri on Sunday: Photo by Matthew Murnaghan - HHOF/IIHF Images) There were three games today with Panthers' prospects involved and the first of those three saw the Russians roll to a 5-2 win over Finland.
For Florida, winger Evgeni Dadonov had an excellent game -- his line combined for nine points. Dadonov scored a goal and added two assists, moving his point total to four through two games. Russia will go up against Slovakia on Tuesday, looking to move to 3-0.
In the second game, Sweden was taking on the Slovakian team and the game was just dominated by Sweden through the first two periods, the Swedish defense limiting Slovakia to 14 shots through two periods. Things changed in the third and Slovakia showed some jump and caught Sweden on their heels a bit, striking soon after having the door slammed by Markström on numerous occasions. It would be the only goal scored for Slovakia, however, and Sweden skated off with a 3-1 win: 26 saves for Jacob Markström.
The United States, coming off of a big 8-2 win over Germany two nights ago, started about an hour after Sweden to go up against the Czech Republic. Matt Rust scored the go-ahead goal in the second on a deflection, pushing the USA out in front 2-1, and would create a few chances as the game moved along; his effort drawing a penalty for the Americans later on in the game. As time wound down and the Czech net was empty, Rust took a shot on an empty net, scoring what would have been his second goal of the game, however the goal was disallowed due to an offside call. An overhead replay during the broadcast seemed to indicate that there was no offside, and that the goal probably should have counted. Regardless, Rust would have a second chance at an empty net, a chance on which he was unable to capitalize. Still, the USA hung on to stave off a third period Czech rally, winning 4-3.
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