Minsk, Belarus (SportsNetwork.com) – Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin scored in an eight-minute span during the second period to erase a deficit and help send Russia to a gold-medal clinching 5-2 victory over Finland at the 2014 World Hockey Championship.<\/p>\n
Olli Palola notched a power-play goal with just under seven minutes played in the middle frame to give the Finns a 2-1 edge, but Ovechkin responded at even strength only 43 seconds later to tie and Malkin pumped home the go-ahead score on the advantage with 4:22 remaining.<\/p>\n
Danis Zaripov and Viktor Tikhonov provided man-advantage markers in the third period, while Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 26 saves for the Russians, who were unbeaten in all 10 of their games in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Russia claimed its fourth gold at the Worlds in the last seven years.<\/p>\n
Iiro Pakarinen registered the other score and Pekka Rinne allowed five goals on 39 shots for the Finns, who had taken the bronze in Sochi.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, Anders Nilsson was flawless in net, making 29 saves as Sweden defeated the Czech Republic, 3-0, to capture the bronze medal.<\/p>\n
Joakim Lindstrom and Simon Hjalmarsson each scored in the first period for the Swedes, who won the tournament last year.<\/p>\n
After Lindstrom opened the scoring at 4:28, Sweden killed off consecutive Czech power plays before Hjalmarsson supplied the second goal at 15:44.<\/p>\n
The Czech Republic had a 12-8 shot advantage during a penalty-filled second period.<\/p>\n
Mikael Backlund added an insurance goal for Sweden at 8:22 of the third period.<\/p>\n
Alexander Salak stopped 21 shots for the Czechs, who were also blanked by Finland in the semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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