“I’ll see you in March, pal.” (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Canada 7, Russia 3: You win this round, Crosby; but the war isn’t over. Let’s be honest, though: is Russia losing to Canada a problem for Capitals fans? Hardly. In fact, there are plenty of positives to it. Alexander Ovechkin, turned away from the gold medal by his fiercest rival, will certainly come back for the rest of the season with renewed vigor and head into the playoffs hungrier than ever. Ovechkin, Alex Semin, and Semyon Varlamov will return from Vancouver with an extra week’s worth of rest and two fewer games on their odometers than the organization probably expected. Perhaps most importantly, no one was injured. Even better: hockey fans in the nation’s capital can now devote all our precious energy to rooting on the U.S. team.

Grizzlies 99, Wizards 94: Andray Blatche had another 40 minute, 20 point, over-50% shooting performance, but it wasn’t enough. Memphis’ Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, O.J. Mayo and Rudy Gay all had 17 or more points to lead the visiting Grizzlies to a five-point win last night in front of a season-low crowd at Verizon Center. Memphis — who hasn’t lost a game against Washington in the last two seasons — used a nine-point run from the start of the fourth quarter to open up a ten-point lead they would never lose. Al Thornton also chipped in 17 in his first start since being traded to D.C.