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The Americans are physically superior as a team, and have been together for long, making them a well tuned machine. They seemed superior up to their duel with Canada, but the somewhat unlucky loss to Canada was then followed by a pretty difficult draw. However, the confidence they radiate on the ice and their comments that they don't care who they're up against still put them forward as favorites. The Russians had a great start in this competition vs weaker teams, but then completely fumbled vs even slightly better teams (Finland, Sweden). The Russian coaches have been saying in the media that they see their national team with a 20% chance to win at best, as they see the Americans as a much better, more responsible and tuned in team. They have a lot of criticism for their players, but truth be told, they have not been disproving the criticism so far. I believe that USA have at least a 60% chance of winning within regular time, which gives value to these odds.