Hockey Olympic, TJ Oshie leads USA to thrilling shootout win over Russia

SOCHI, Russia — Hockey is a team game, and this one was so big that it pitted country against country. But by the end, it turned into a simple contest of one-on-one. The United States and Russia were tied through regulation, tied through overtime, and still tied through three rounds of a shootout. Like his counterpart on the Russian side, the United States coach, Dan Bylsma, had to decide which player to appoint to shoot the fourth attempt. He chose T. J. Oshie. And when that did not end the game, Bylsma was given a chance to choose again, and again, and again, and again. He picked Oshie, Oshie, Oshie and Oshie — allowed by the rules of the Olympics, but not in the N.H.L., where Bylsma coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins and his players play.