Sweden – Russia | 3:1 (end) | | | USA – Finland | 4:3 (after OT) | | | Slovakia – Canada | 2:3 (after OT) |
Czech Republic – Switzerland | 6:1 (end) |
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
14. Zetterlund (Miketinac), 33. Sylvegard (Dahlin), 48. Hugg (Elvenes) – 45. Ankhovsky (Rubinchik)
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Sweden:
Eriksson (Söderblom) – Liliegren, Björkman, Walfridsson, Brännström, Dahlin, Hedberg, Wennlund, Bemström – Elvenes, Lundeström, Hugg – Zetterlund, Miketinac, Wernblom – Johansson, Tjernstöm, Silvergard – Ringsby, Bemström, Aterius.
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Russia: Rayko (Melnikov) – Samorukov, Lyachov, Galenyuk, Rubinchik, A. Alexeyev, Kalabushkin, Demin, Baranov – Svechnikov, Lipanov, Chekhovich – Kostin, Bitsadze, Y. Alexeyev – Toropchenko, Anochovsky, Muranov – Shashkov, Marushev, Lobanov.
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Russia: Rayko (Melnikov) – Samorukov, Lyachov, Galenyuk, Rubinchik, A. Alexeyev, Kalabushkin, Demin, Baranov – Svechnikov, Lipanov, Chekhovich – Kostin, Bitsadze, Y. Alexeyev – Toropchenko, Anochovsky, Muranov – Shashkov, Marushev, Lobanov.
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Sweden: Eriksson (Söderblom) – Liliegren, Björkman, Walfridsson, Brännström, Dahlin, Hedberg, Wennlund, Bemström – Elvenes, Lundeström, Hugg – Zetterlund, Miketinac, Wernblom – Johansson, Tjernstöm, Silvergard – Ringsby, Bemström, Aterius.
Russia: Rajko (Melnikov) – Samorukov, Lyachov, Galenyuk, Rubinchik, A. Alexeyev, Kalabushkin, Demin, Baranov – Svechnikov, Lipanov, Chekhovich – Kostin, Bitsadze, Y. Alexeyev – Toropchenko, Anochovsky, Muranov – Shashkov, Marushev, Lobanov..
Miketinac led the rush into the Russian zone, dodged a check and dished off to FABIAN ZETTERLUND, who fired a wrister that beat Rayko over the glove.
Assisted by Kalle Miketinac.
Shots on goal: SWE 5, RUS 12.
Quality scoring chances: SWE 3, RUS 0.
2nd period begins at 14:43 CET.
He knocked down Kostin in the slot with the Russians in possession.
Brannstrom stepped out of the box, received a long pass and was hit hard by Rubinchik, who takes his second elbowing penalty of the game.
Dahlin with the drop pass for MARCUS SYLVEGARD high in the slot, who let go a wrister from the top of the circle that Rayko got a piece of, but it squirted through him and across the goal line. Power play goal.
Assist: Rasmus Dahlin.
Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): SWE 10 (15), RUS 8 (20).
Quality scoring chances: SWE 2 (5), RUS 2 (2).
3rd period begins at 15:27 CET.
It's not technically a power-play goal as the penalty had expired 1 second earlier, but the Russians took advantage of their numerical strength in the zone and cut the deficit in half after gaining possession off the draw. NIKITA ANKOVSKY provided the finishing touch after a point shot from Rubinchik.
Assist: Mark Rubinchik.
They get it right back as RICKARD HUGG's blistering slapper goes off the crossbar and in to restore the Swedes' 2-goal advantage.
Assist: Lucas Elvenes.
RUS – Mark Rubinchik (D)
SWE – Olle Eriksson (G) (15:58:01)