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TORONTO -- Internally, they believed. The young players on Team North America knew they had the makings of something special even before they announced their arrival in a big way on Sunday against Finland.We knew we could do something here, said captain Connor McDavid.It was just about unveiling it to the rest of us.You look around the room and everyone can feel good about it, McDavid said, explaining where the collective confidence came from even before the North Americans had earned their first win. We have a great goalie in Matt Murray, some great defensemen and some definite speed up front. We have all the makings to be a good hockey team. Its just if we can put it together. We believe in ourselves.They believe, were starting to believe, but theres a team that still needs convincing. The Russians.Russian center Evgeny Kuznetsov watched Team North America dismantle Finland on Sunday night. While others were fawning over the young guns ?breakneck speed and waves of skill, youll have to excuse him if he wasnt joining in.What was he thinking while watching the kids dominate?Nothing, he said.Nothing.Yes, North America is playing a different style than other teams in this tournament, Kuznetsov said. And yes, McDavid is one of the best players around, certainly the best at his age (19). Even North Americas fourth line, which features two-time Stanley Cup champ Brandon Saad, has great players.Kuznetsov was willing to concede all of it. Still, he sees a very clear way to beat the kids. Keep the puck away from them.We have to control the puck, he said. If were going to play with the puck, these guys start do something wrong for sure. We have to play with the puck. We know theyre going to play fast, theyre going to try to play one-on-one. We have to play smart. Smart. Smart. Smart.All young players, Kuznetsov explained, enter the NHL with high-end puck skills. Its the play without the puck that comes later in the development.He pointed to Swedens second goal against Russia on Sunday as an example of his own team getting mixed up in the defensive zone.On that goal, Henrik Sedin did a nice job of keeping the puck in the offensive zone, sending it down the wall to Carl Hagelin. Just as Sedin delivered the puck to Hagelin, Victor Hedman made a break for the goal and one-timed a backhanded pass from Hagelin to score.There was confusion as Swedes were coming off the bench on a line change, and Sweden capitalized.When you stand in the D-zone, guys start moving around you, you have to see that everything is right. Its kind of tough, Kuznetsov said. [North America] can play with the puck, we know that. Same with Sweden. But they cant play without the puck.Their matchup (Monday at 8 p.m. ET on WatchESPN and ESPN2) will pit two teams that play a similar north-south style, each trying to impose its will on the other. Russia didnt do that particularly well against Sweden. This game has become essentially a must-win for the Russians, so there will be an additional layer of desperation on their part.Russias higher level of skill compared with Finlands makes the Russians a threat to transition faster and counterattack more effectively than Finland was able to against North America -- and the expectation is that the Russians will be much more physical.This may be the first team to truly try to intimidate the kids off the ice.The Russia defense will try to be more physical than anything they have seen so far, said one NHL assistant coach in a text on Sunday. But the North American skill guys with some size --?Nathan MacKinnon, Mark Scheifele, even Auston Matthews?-- have handled it so far.McDavid said he watched the last five minutes of Russias loss to the Swedes and in those final minutes caught a glimpse of how dangerous Alex Ovechkin can be at any moment. Ovechkin nearly scored twice in the final 33 seconds to even a game Sweden had controlled for the first 59 minutes.What McDavid missed by tuning in late were the multiple bone-crushing hits by Ovechkin, who will no doubt take aim against the kids.When asked about this possibility, McDavid provided a great glimpse into the mentality of the young skill player. He didnt say theyd be physical back. He said theyd look to exploit it.If they want to run around, that means theres going to be some seams open and some plays that are available, McDavid said. If they want to take penalties, its up to our power play to make them pay. Thats the best way to get back at guys who run around, put a few in the back of the net.Ryan Yarbrough Rays Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Trevor Richards Jersey . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Its starting to look easy for Brad Miller, and more recently for his Tampa Bay Rays teammates.Miller hit two of the Rays five home runs in a 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Im just trying to get to the next (at-bat) and just keep my head down and try to hit as many as possible, said Miller, who has hit 10 of his career-high 24 home runs since the All-Star break.Evan Longoria had three hits and his 27th homer while tying Carl Crawford atop the Rays career list with his 1,235th game played.Nick Franklin and Corey Dickerson also homered, and the Rays won their third straight.That was fun to watch, especially to have me in the dugout while they just keep scoring and scoring and scoring, said winning pitcher Blake Snell.Franklin and catcher Luke Maile each had three hits and Maile drove in four runs for the Rays, who have scored 35 runs in three games, the most in club history over a three-game span.Millers first home run came in the fourth inning, driving in the eighth run off starter Edwin Jackson. Manager Kevin Cash said it might have been the most impressive home run weve seen at this ballpark this year.Miller added a two-run homer in the fifth.Snell (4-5) struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run, five hits and four walks. Alexei Ramirez, who had two hits for the Padres, drove in their only run with a bases-loaded walk.Jackson (3-3) gave up eight runs, nine hits and three walks in four innings.I take full responsibility, said Jackson, who had won his two preceding starts. I pretty much single-handily sucked the soul out of the team.Rays shortstop Matt Duffy left the game in the fourth inning with a sore left Achilles tendon. It was his fifth game since being activated from the disabled list with an injjury to the same tendon.dddddddddddd Duffy said the injury is not much of a concern.LONGOS LONGEVITYLongoria holds the franchise mark in a number of offensive categories including homers, RBI and extra-base hits.What hes doing is remarkable, Cash said. I dont think he could be a better face and ambassador for this organization.DECISION TIME NEARINGThe Rays plan to discuss Wednesday the next step for RHP Chase Whitley, one of two pitchers nearing a return from Tommy John surgery. Options for Whitley, who pitched six scoreless innings Tuesday night in a rehab assignment, include being reinstated from the disabled list in the coming week or continuing to build up innings in the minors. Alex Cobb is expected to complete his rehab assignment by the end of the month.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: RHP Tyson Ross (right shoulder inflammation) threw 31 pitches in a simulated game. The Padres plan is to get him back on the mound before the years out, manager Andy Green said . ... OF Jon Jay (fractured right forearm) is not ready to return, as determined by a CT scan. Jay has been on the disabled list since June 20.Rays: 2B Logan Forsythe was scratched from the lineup due to back spasms. ... RHP Kevin Jepsen said he was fine one day after taking a liner by Christian Betancourt off the fingers of his right hand in the ninth inning.UP NEXTPadres: LHP Christian Friedrich (4-8) makes his 17th start of the season Wednesday in the final game of a nine-game trip.Rays: RHP Chris Archer (6-16), who leads the majors in losses and the AL in strikeouts with 177, is attempting to avoid becoming the first 20-game loser since Detroits Mike Maroth lost 21 in 2003. ' ' '