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
     
    42:34
    Penalty for Russia (Nikita Makeyev – 2 min., holding).
     
    30:12
    Penalty for Sweden (Gustav Lindstrom – 2 min., holding).
     
    26:12
    Penalty for Russia (Dmitri Samorukov – 2 min., hooking).
     
    21:24
    Penalty for Russia (German Rubtsov – 2 min., slashing).
     
    19:46
    Penalty for Russia (Mikhail Maltsev – 2 min., delay of game / shooting or throwing the puck out).
     
    19:44
    Penalty for Russia (Anatoli Elizarov – 2 min., holding).
     
    16:04
    Penalty for Sweden (Lias Andersson – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    15:54
    Penalty for Russia (Vitali Abramov – 2 min., tripping).
     
    11:30
    Penalty for Sweden (Karlstrom – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    01:30
    Penalty for Sweden (Linus Lindstrom – 2 min., tripping).
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    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)