USA – Finland 5:4 (end) | Slovakia – Denmark 5:1 (end) | Russia – Sweden 3:4 (1:2 after SO)
after shootout (1:2)
Russia
3:4 (2:2, 0:0, 1:1 - 0:0)
Sweden
Monday 01.01.2018, 02:10 • Key Bank Center, Buffalo • World Junior Championship • Group B

     
    Game over. (04:42:23)
    Oskar Steen (SWE) - 3:4
     
    Sweden has won after the penalty shoot-out.

    The winning goal scored by OSKAR STEEN.
     
    5. series
    1:2
    Artur KAYUMOV fails.
     
    4. series
    1:2
    Oskar STEEN scores.
     
    4. series
    1:1
    Klim KOSTIN fails.
     
    3. series
    1:1
    Linus LINDSTROM scores.
     
    3. series
    1:0
    Mikhail MALTSEV fails.
     
    2. series
    1:0
    Soderlund fails.
     
    2. series
    1:0
    Vitali ABRAMOV scores.
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Elias PETTERSSON fails.
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Anatoli ELIZAROV fails.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
    56:15 Alexei Polodyan (RUS) - 3:3
     
    56:15
    Goal for Team Russia!
    Scorer is ALEXEI POLODYAN. Assisted by Alexander Shepelev, Georgi Ivanov.
    54:21 Glenn Gustafsson (SWE) - 2:3
    Goals and assists: 16. Sokolov (M. Maltsev, Polodyan), 19. K. Kostin (Ivanov, Svechnikov), 57. Polodyan (Shepelev, Ivanov) – 8. Andersson (Liljegren, A. Nylander), 18. Liljegren (Soderlund, Lindstrom), 55. G. Gustafsson (Jonsson Fjallby, Davidsson), dec. goal Steen

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    0:0   Anatoli Elizarov (RUS)
    0:0   Elias Pettersson (SWE)
    2. series:
    1:0   Vitali Abramov (RUS)
    1:0   Soderlund (SWE)
    3. series:
    1:0   Mikhail Maltsev (RUS)
    1:1   Linus Lindstrom (SWE)
    4. series:
    1:1   Klim Kostin (RUS)
    1:2   Oskar Steen (SWE)
    5. series:
    1:2   Artur Kayumov (RUS)


    Russia: Sukhachyov (Melnichuk) – Minulin, Zaytsev (C), Knyzhov, Syomin, Elizarov, Samorukov, Makeyev (A), Shepelev – Manukyan, Rubtsov, Kayumov – Sokolov, M. Maltsev (A), Polodyan – Abramov, Altybarmakyan, Sholokhov – Ivanov, Svechnikov, K. Kostin.
    Sweden: Gustavsson (F. Larsson) – Liljegren, Moverare (A), Dahlin, Braenstroem, Lindstrom, Sellgren, Hogberg – Pettersson, A. Nylander (A), Andersson (C) – Lindstrom, Karlstrom, Zetterlund – Soderlund, Lundestroem, Steen – Davidsson, G. Gustafsson, Jonsson Fjallby.

    Referees: Schukies (GER), Thomson (USA) – Hagerström (FIN), McCrank (CAN)