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Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists, and Craig Smith added five assists to help the United States rout Russia 8-3 on Thursday in the world hockey quarterfinals.

The United States, Canada, Russia and Switzerland clinched quarterfinal berths at the hockey world championships Sunday.

The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday for its fourth win at the ice hockey world championships.

Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.

Russia got two late goals to beat the United States 5-3 in a hard fought game, while Canada scored four unanswered goals en route to a 7-1 rout of Norway on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championships.

Here's a look at some top end players who have another year left on their deals who could be in play this week, writes Scott Burnside.

The good news for Colorado: The Avs have Ryan O'Reilly back, are getting healthy and are just four points out of the playoff race. The bad news: There's not much time left and a pair of games against the NHL's top team could preempt their playoff push.

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The Colorado Avalanche will have captain Gabriel Landeskog back on the ice when they play in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Paul Stastny and Jamie McGinn scored goals 13 seconds apart and the Colorado Avalanche snapped a nine-game losing streak to Nashville with a 6-5 win over the Predators in a Monday matinee.

Paul Stastny scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Hines Ward may have survived Bane's attack on Gotham City, but the former Steelers wide receiver was unable to outrun those pesky zombies on Halloween. "Doing the Walking Dead was freaky, but cool. Took 2.5 hours to make me look like this. Happy Hall...

The Anaheim Ducks' Bobby Ryan scored the first goal for the United States in the second period, helping it to a 5-2 victory over Switzerland at the ice hockey world championships in Helsinki on Tuesday.

Tampa Bay center Nate Thompson broke the tie at the end of the second period to help the United States beat Belarus 5-3 on Thursday in the world hockey championships.

The United States lost to Slovakia 4-2 Monday for its first loss at hockey's world championships after opening with two victories.

Jack Johnson scored his second goal of the game 1:47 into overtime to give the United States a 5-4 victory over Canada on Saturday in the hockey world championships.

Paul Stastny scored two goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped 32 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Wednesday night for their first season sweep of the Kings in nearly two decades.