Russia – Sweden2 3:1 (end) | Czech Republic – Finland 0:3 (end)
final
Russia
3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)
Sweden2
Saturday 24.05.2014, 13:45 • Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus • World Championship
     
    59:49
    Mikael Backlund (SWE) gets five minutes and a game misconduct for charging.
     
    58:20
    Denis Denisov (RUS) gets two minutes for interference.
     
    58:20
    Moller got the puck on net and a wild scramble ensued in which Jarnkrok scored, but it can't be a good goal as the net was dislodged.
     
    57:22
    Empty net for the Swedes!
     
    48:22
    Jimmie Ericsson (SWE) gets two minutes for interference.
     
    47:45
    Sergei Bobrovski (RUS) gets called for tripping and Danis Zaripov will serve the penalty.
     
    Shipachyov had a chance in front, but couldn't bury it and now Mattias Ekholm (SWE) gets two minutes for cross-checking.
     
    36:13
    Maxim Chudinov (RUS) gets a minor penalty for hooking.
     
    31:02
    Goal for Team Russia!

    Fed by the momentum from the powerplays, the Russians get a two-goal lead midway through the second period! A lose puck in the Swedish zone deflected to ANTON BELOV who wasted no time and just blasted one and it would end up going off Nilsson and into the top corner to make it 3-1 Russia with nine minutes left in the second.

    Assisted by Danis Zaripov and Alexander Ovechkin.
     
    28:47
    Gustav Nyquist (SWE) gets two minutes for slashing.
     
    26:18
    Calle Jarnkrok (SWE) gets called for tripping, but the brutal hit on Nyquist is unpunished.
     
    25:25
    Bobrovski was down, but not out as he makes an incredible glove save on Moller!
     
    18:44
    Anton Belov (RUS) gets two minutes for holding.
     
    18:00
    Goal for Team Russia!

    What a goal by Russia and the de facto home team takes the lead for the first time in the game! Blitzkrieg-like action by SERGEI SHIROKOV to get the goal as the third-liner just sped over the blue line and fired one hard and it went off the glove of Nilsson and in. What a shot to beat the great Swedish goaltender!

    Assisted by Danis Zaripov and Yevgeni Medvedev.
     
    13:25
    Goal for Team Russia!

    The Russians tie the score and this place is going nuts! SERGEI PLOTNIKOV was at the right place in the right circle at the right time and the rebound of Medvedev's shot went right his way with Nilsson out of position and even though he hesitated for a bit, he fired one right into the back of the wide-open net. We're all tied here at the Minsk-Arena.

    Assisted by Yevgeni Medvedev and Vadim Shipachyov.
     
    09:22
    Linus Klasen (SWE) gets called for hooking.
     
    04:20
    Joel Lundqvist (SWE) gets two minutes for hooking, first Russian PP coming up.
     
    01:29
    And now a powerplay is coming up for Sweden, Yevgeni Medvedev (RUS) is going to the penalty box for interference.
     
    00:19
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    Wow, that's a stunner! The Swedes open the scoring just nine seconds into the game! Nobody covered OSCAR MOLLER in the neutral zone and he received a great pass from Lindstrom, carried the puck in and found Bobrovski's five-hole after a good deke in front! What a start to the game by Tre Kronor!

    Assisted by Joakim Lindstrom and Mikael Backlund.
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 14. Plotnikov (Medvedev, Shipachyov), 18. Shirokov (Zaripov, Medvedev), 32. Belov (Zaripov, Ovechkin) – 1. Moller (Lindstrom, Backlund)

    Russia: Bobrovski (Vasilevski) – Denisov, Chudinov, Kutuzov, Medvedev, Yakovlev, Belov, Zubarev – Ovechkin "C", Plotnikov, Shipachyov – Tikhonov, Malkin, Kulyomin "A" – Zaripov "A", Anisimov, Shirokov – Dadonov, Burmistrov, Kuznetsov – S. Kalinin.
    Sweden2: Nilsson (J. Eriksson) – Fransson, Ekholm, Erixon, Gustafsson, Burstrom, Andersen, Nygren – Lindstrom, Moller, Backlund "A" – Jarnkrok, Nyquist, Klasen – S. Hjalmarsson, Sjogren, J. Ericsson "A" – J. Lundqvist "C", D. Axelsson, Danielsson – Rasmussen.
    Referees: Kaval (USA), Šindler (CZE) – Suominen (FIN), Valach (SVK).
    Attendance: 14,521