Italy veterans – Norway 0:3 (end) | Kazakhstan – Germany2 1:2 (1:2 after SO) | Sweden2 – Denmark 3:0 (end)
Finland – Latvia 2:3 (end) | Canada2 – Slovakia2 4:1 (end) | USA – Switzerland 3:2 (end)
final
Sweden2
3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Denmark
Saturday 10.05.2014, 15:45 • Chizhovka Arena, Minsk • World Championship
     
    There's the final buzzer, and Sweden have opened the defence of their world crown up with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Denmark! The Danes gave it a real good go, but their opponents were just too good in the end. Mikael Backlund grabbed a first period double for himself to put Sweden in control, and later on Gustav Nyquist put the icing on the cake. Thanks for following the game with us, and join me again later for the USA against Switzerland at the 2014 IIHF World Championships! (17:57:42)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:49
    Hjalmarsson! As he is set up at point blank range Simon Hjalmarsson can't get the better of the goalkeeper! And we're now into the final few seconds of the match with Sweden coasting to victory
     
    59:01
    Linus Klasen drives to the net with power on the left, but he just can't squeeze it home at the near post!
     
    57:55
    Sweden ice the puck and on that note take a timeout, they don't want to make any silly mistakes
     
    57:38
    Morten Poulsen is left completely unmarked to the right of the crease, he wrists going up high and the puck looks to have smashed into Anders Nilsson's mask!
     
    57:24
    Sweden's penalty kill is working well today and they are back to having five players on the ice
     
    57:03
    Denmark drift offside as they attempted to get set up in the zone
     
    55:24
    Tim Erixon for interference has been punished and Denmark have a late powerplay chance to get something going
     
    55:18
    Danish players whack away at the puck as it travels into the crease high but no one can make clean contact!
     
    53:45
    Lassen! Stefan Lassen wrists a one timer in from the high slot and Swedish defenders dive in front to block!
     
    52:50
    Denmark are now back to full strength with just over seven minutes remaining
     
    52:05
    Magnus Nygren winds up with traffic in front of him from distance, but Patrick Galbraith still manages to take it in his glove
     
    50:50
    Nikas Jensen for interference has been called into the penalty box and Sweden have two minutes on the powerplay to try and increase their advantage
     
    50:27
    Denmark have battled bravely but the Swedes have them just where they want them now, to come back from three down against this team is almost impossible
     
    48:13
    Goal for Team Sweden! That should seal it for the world champions! GUSTAV NYQUIST from the right of the slot cuts in, picks his spot and absolutely thrashes the puck past the goalkeeper and into the net, it's 3-0!
     
    47:51
    Johan Fransson takes a whack at the puck from the left hand boards looking for someone to make a telling deflection, but it travels only into the goalkeeper's pads
     
    46:26
    Jesper B Jensen takes the puck up at the point, drives it in but it's right down the throat of Anders Nilsson
     
    45:22
    Hjalmarsson! Straight after making a really poor pass on a two on one Simon Hjalmarsson gathers up the loose puck, cuts sharply into the slot and fires into the body of Patrick Galbraith!
     
    44:22
    Sweden are controlling the game well in this period so far, Denmark have barely had a touch of the puck
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 12. Backlund (Ekholm), 20. Backlund (Erixon, Lindstrom), 49. Nyquist

    Sweden2: Nilsson (Eriksson)- Ekholm, Gustafsson, Moller, Backlund, Lindstrom- Erixon, Jarnkrok, Ericsson, Nyquist- Ahnelov, Rahimi, Sjogren, Hjalmarsson, Axelsson- Nygren, Lundqvist, Danielsson, Klasen
    Denmark: Galbraith (Nielsen)- Lassen, Larsen, Hansen, Madsen, Boedker- Jesper B Jensen, M Lauridsen, Storm, Bjorkstrand, Jesper Jansen- Kristensen, O Laurdisen, Green, Piulsen, Christensen- Bruggisser, Staal, N Jensen, Jakobsen
    Referees: Piechaczek, Sidorenko, Kaval, Lederer, Semjonov