SKA players at the Olympics. Quarter-finals

ROC - Denmark (3:1), Finland - Switzerland (5:1), Sweden - Canada (2:0)

Forward Nikita Gusev helped ROC defeat the plucky Danes by dishing out two assists in the 3:1 quarter-final triumph. As a result of his assists, SKA players have now made 50 Olympic assists, with 42 being achieved for the Russian team, five for Finland, two for Norway and one for Kazakhstan.

Furthermore, thanks to his two assists against Denmark, Gusev has now tallied 13 assists in Olympic history. Only Pavel Datsyuk (21) has made more assists for the Russian national team at the Olympic Games.

Overall, Gusev now boasts 17 (4+13) points at the Olympics. Since 1994, only Ilya Kovalchuk (14+7) and Datsyuk (5+21) have earned more Olympic points for the senior national team.

Taking into account the World Championship, Olympic Games and the World Cup, Gusev has now contributed with 51 (16+35) points for the senior national team. Only Evgeny Dadonov (53), Alexei Yashin (57), Alexander Ovechkin (79), Pavel Datsyuk (80), Evgeny Malkin (86) and Ilya Kovalchuk (108) have registered more points for the senior national team at the tournaments in question than Gusev since 1992.

Finnish defenseman Mikko Lehtonen matched Kovalchuk's SKA record of earning at least one point in four consecutive games at the Olympics. He hit the target as Finland coasted past Switzerland 5:1.

Lars Johansson became the maiden SKA goalkeeper to pick up a shutout at the Olympic Games, as he helped Sweden get the better of Canada 2:0. Previously, SKA goaltenders Valeri Ivannikov, Maxim Sokolov, Alexander Salak and Mikko Koskinen had all represented their respective nations at the Olympics without tallying a clean sheet.