I thought I might be able to hack the Olympic stats so that I could effectively see who was on the ice at any given time. Unfortunately, the icetime stats get updated irregularly – on average, every 40 seconds, but sometimes not for several minutes. So I can't really see head-to-head ice time or figure out Corsi…But, for what it's worth, I can figure out what lines each team is rolling. First, Russia:
| Malkin | Afinogenov | Kovalchuk | Tyutin | Gonchar |
| Fedorov | Radulov | Kozlov | Volchenkov | Kalinin |
| Ovechkin | Datsyuk | Semin | Korneyev | Grebeshkov |
| Zaripov | Zinovyev | Morozov | Nikulin | Markov |
And Latvia:
| Daugavins | Berzins | Meija | Bartulis | Sotnieks |
| Vasiljevs | Nizivijs | Cipulis | Rekis | Pujacs |
| Darzins | Redlihs | Sirokovs | Lavins | Galvins |
| Sprukts | Karsums | Ankipans | Skrastins | Redlihs |
Latvia's been killing a lot of penalties, so their lines are a bit mixed up – Skrastins has been running the PK with several different lines. And the Russian lines may reflect the PP more than their even-strength units.
Even without perfectly granular data, I can see some of the line matchups. For example:
| Malkin | Darzins |
| Afinogenov | Redlihs |
| Kovalchuk | Sirokovs |
| Tyutin | Lavins |
| Gonchar | Galvins |
And:
| Ovechkin | Daugavins |
| Datsyuk | Berzins |
| Semin | Meija |
| Korneyev | Bartulis |
| Grebeshkov | Sotnieks |
This isn't the most interesting analysis for Latvia-Russia – we don't really know enough about the Latvians to care who's getting which matchups. But we will be able to see this detail for future games.
