A large crowd of support showed up in hopes to see a home team win, but team USA came out on top after a passionate 65 minutes, winning 3-2.
After a scoreless first period, Russia led USA in shots on goal by 13-10. Pavel Datsyuk scored the first goal of the game, giving Russia the lead at 9:15 in the second period.
Seven minutes later, USA went on a power play due to a crosscheck by Radulov. This allowed a perfect goal opportunity for Cam Fowler, making it a tie game at 1-1.
The third period left emotions high for all viewers, players and especially Tyutin.
Joe Pavelski scored on the USA power play at 9:27 in the third period, leading the game 2-1. Shortly after, Datsyuk follows up with his second goal, making it a tie game once more.
At 15:20, Fedor Tyutin scored what seemed like it would be the leading goal at 3-2, but it was disallowed due to the net being knocked off its mooring, as reported in the LA Times
Time ran out in the third period, leading into a scoreless over time. 11,678 fans were left at the edge of their seats.
After 65 minutes to play with a tied score, the nerve wracking game headed into a shoot out. The coaches were all reminded that the rules are not the same in Olympic hockey. After 3 rounds of shots, coaches can choose the same player as many times as they want, according to USA Today
After eight nail-biting rounds, T.J. Oshie made four of six goals in the USA overtime against Russia, leading the team to a win.
Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings, stopped 29 shots in both regulation and over time while Sergei Bobrovski of the Columbus Blue Jackets stopped 32.
The level of intensity remained constant throughout the entire game-- let's hope this holds up for the rest of Olympic hockey.
Team USA will continue to play Slovenia on Sunday.