Russian President Vladimir Putin scored five goals in an
exhibition hockey game with former NHL stars on Thursday.
In what has become an annual tradition given ample airtime on state
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alongside big names of the past such as Pavel Bure and Slava Fetisov.
The opposition was comprised of amateur players, plus a governor and a
pro-Putin billionaire. Putin¡¯s team won the mostly slow-paced game 12-7.
Five goals was on the low side by Putin¡¯s standards ¨C he scored eight in the
2015 game and seven last year. The 65-year-old Russian president took up hockey
late in life after being a keen judo competitor in his youth.
Amateur-league hockey players set a ¡±wonderful example¡± for ordinary
Russians, Putin said, adding ¡±thanks to you, millions of people make a choice in
favor of a healthy lifestyle.¡±
Very few teams can boast of a winning record
against the Vegas Golden Knights this season. The Edmonton Oilers are one.
Connor McDavid had three assists to push his NHL-leading points total to 106
and help Edmonton beat Vegas 4-3 on Thursday night, improving to 3-1 against the
Pacific Division winners.
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Matt Benning, Mike Cammalleri and Ty Rattie scored for
the Oilers. They snapped a five-game losing skid.
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season. ¡±It is bittersweet getting a big win against a team like that which is
in first place in your division, but after Saturday they keep playing and we
don¡¯t.¡±
Brayden McNabb, Brandon Pirri and Oscar Lindberg replied for the Pacific
Division-leading Golden Knights. They had won three in a row.
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Edmonton opened the scoring seven minutes into the opening period. McDavid
started a three-way passing play that culminated in Nugent-Hopkins scoring his
23rd before goalie Malcolm Subban could get across the crease.
The Knights tied it two minutes into the second period when McNabb took the
puck at the point off a faceoff before dangling through traffic and beating
Talbot.
Vegas took the lead three minutes later on Pirri¡¯s goal.
Benning¡¯s shot from the slot went in after Subban got a piece of it to tie it
at 2.
Edmonton went ahead 3-2 midway through the third on the power play as McDavid
poked a puck away from a defender behind the net out front to Cammalleri, who
notched his seventh.
McDavid picked up a third assist three minutes later, feeding the puck to
Rattie picked the top corner for his fifth goal in 13 games with Edmonton. Vegas
got one back with five minutes to play in the third frame as Lindberg was left
alone in the slot and beat Talbot.
Notes: Defenseman Zack Whitecloud made his NHL debut for Vegas. The Brandon,
Manitoba, product signed as a free agent out of Bemidji State on March 8. ¡
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UP NEXT
Golden Knights: At Calgary on Saturday in regular-season finale.
Oilers: Host Vancouver on Saturday in regular-season finale.
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