Zetterberg, the captain of Team Sweden, pulled out of the Sochi Games last Friday after suffering a herniated disk. The Wings return to action a week from Wednesday. Zetterberg most certainly won't be available -- he is to see a specialist as soon as possible to determine if surgery is needed now or can wait.
Price stopped 14 of 15 shots in a 2-1 OT win over Finland on Sunday. He has not seen a lot of rubber in Sochi thus far, but he has stopped 33 of the 35 (.943 SV%) shots that he has faced. He should be able to help Canada advance to the semis on Wednesday as they get set to take on the under-manned Latvian team.
Elias has had one assist in three games to this point, but this is a big loss for the Czech in a crucial win or go home game.
Haugen had a strong effort vs. Canada, but was pulled after allowing three goals on 13 shots vs. Finland. Overall he has stopped 45 of 51 shots (.882 SV%), Norway will need a much stronger effort than that if they are going to eliminate the Russians this morning.
The only current NHL player on Norway's roster will not suit up against Russia in an elmination game. This is a huge loss for Norway, Zuccarello was playing major minutes on their top line and top power-play unit.
Slovenia will have their start forward Anze Kopitar in their elimination game this afternoon after he missed half of their third preliminary game vs. the USA with the flu.
Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots during regulation and overtime in a 3-2 shootout loss to the United States on Saturday, his first start of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Despite Semyon Varlamov posting a shutout on Sunday, it will be Bob who gets the call vs. Norway in Tuesday's elimination game. Russia will take on Finland on Wednesday if they get by Norway this morning.
Starkbaum was yanked after surrendering six goals on 31 shots in Friday's 6-0 loss to Team Canada. Despite the rough outing, Austria will turn to Starkbaum to get them through to the quarterfinals this morning. He will face a surprising Slovenia team.
Laco will start his second straight game after having a fantastic performance on Sunday vs. Russia. He stopped all 36 shots in regulation and OT, but allowed two goals on two shots in the shootout. Slovakia had a disappointing loss to Slovenia, but Sunday's performance vs. the host nation proves they can still compete. Laco will go up against the 1-0-2-0 Czech Republic.
Price stopped 19 of 20 shots in a 3-1 victory over Norway in his only Olympic start thus far. He will get the call vs. Finland, which is Canada's toughest test so far. A win this morning could earn him the start in the first game of the elimination round.
Rask struggled in his first game in Sochi, he allowed four goals on 20 shots en route to an 8-4 win over Austria. He will be back in the cage vs. the all important game vs. Canada. A strong game this afternoon, will likely set him up to start the remainder of the tournament.
Gracnar is just 20-years-old, but has posted a 2.06 GAA and .923 SV% in 33 games with Salzburg EC of the Austrian league. He will be in tough vs. a good, 2-0 USA squad.
Miller will close out the preliminary round with his first start of the tournament. With Jonathan Quick going 2-0 in his first two starts, it probably paves the way for Quick to start in the elimination round games. Miller is 14-22-3 with a 2.74 GAA and .923 SV% with the Sabres this season.
Laco gets the start over NHLers Jaroslav Halak and Peter Budaj in Slovakia's final game of the preliminary round. Laco has posted a 9-2-0 record with a 1.47 GAA and .942 SV% with Donbass HC of the KHL. He faces the tough task of trying to take down the Russians this morning.
Varlamov stopped 12 of 14 shots vs. Slovenia in Russia's tournament opener. Today he makes his second start of the tournament when he faces Slovakia in the final game of the preliminary round. Russia will look to Varly to move them to 2-0-0-1.
Pavelec stopped 18 of 20 shots in a 4-2 win over Latvia on Friday. The Czech were all over LAtvia and Pav was not ver busy, but his performance earned him a second start today vs. Switzerland. The Swiss sit at 1-1 after a 1-0 loss to the Swedes on Friday.
Gudlevskis, 21, will make his Olympics debut today vs. Sweden. He is 11-8-2 with a 2.69 GAA and .900 SV% with the Tampa Bay Lightning's AHL affiliate Syracuse Crunch. He will have a tough matchup against the 2-0 Swedes.
Lundqvist stopped all 26 shots that the Swiss through his way on Friday. He has stopped 43 of 45 shots (.956 SV%) he has has faced in two Olympic games. He will look to move to 3-0 against Latvia today.
As if Team Finland needed another offensive setback with an already depleted line up, they will have to rely on their secondary scoring as their only source of offensive production. Luckily for Finland, most of their scoring over the past 2 games of the tournament has come from their 2nd and 3rd lines, respectively.
