“Sweden beats Finland in World Cup A-Group match after extra time and shootout”

TAMPERE – Sweden’s ice hockey players won Monday’s World Cup A-group hit over Finland 2:1 after extra time and separate raids. They have three wins after three games and are one point behind group leader USA. The Finns lost two of the opening three duels in Tampere.

After three winning matches, the Swedes have eight points and are one point behind the group leader USA. The Finns lost two of the opening three matches of the championship, with 4 points they are in 4th place. “Suomi” will start another duel on Wednesday at 19:20 CET against France, the Swedes are waiting for the Hungarians after two days off on Thursday at 15:20.

A-Group:
Finland – Sweden 1:2 after extra time and shootout (0:0, 0:1, 1:0 – 0:0, 0:1)

Goals: 47. Lamikko (Pesonen, Kapanen) – 38. Lindberg (Zetterlund, Berggren), decision. Raid Raymond. Judges: Ansons (Lat.), Frandsen (Dan.) – Mackey (Can.), SYNEK (SR), expulsion: 2:3 for 2 min., overpowering and weakening: 0:0, 12,039 spectators.

Finland: Larmi – Ohtamaa, Lehtonen, Koivisto, Määttä, Pokka, Seppälä, Matinpalo, Friman – Rantanen, Manninen, Hartikainen – Kakko, Sallinen, Armia – Kapanen, Lammikko, Pesonen – Anttila, Björninen, Oksanen

Sweden: Johansson – Sandin, Tömmernes, Pudas, A. Lindholm, Bengtsson, Nemeth – Raymond, Carlsson, Nylander – Petersson, P. Lindholm, Grundström – Zetterlund, Lindberg, Berggren – Silfverberg, De La Rose, Sörensen – Johansson

The Finns wanted to confirm that after the loss to the USA (1:4) and the victory over Germany (4:3), they got into the game. Against him was a Nordic rival, who had not conceded in the previous two matches at the World Cup and presented himself with solid defense even in the first period. She brought balanced hockey with high commitment on both sides. The Finns came closer to a goal when Rantanen hit the post in the 6th minute.

Even in the second act, the teams were careful about defensive mistakes, but the Swedes had a slight upper hand. After several chances on both sides, in the 38th minute, they succeeded in a combination in which Zetterlund passed to Lindberg and surprised the goalkeeper Larmi, who conceded after the shot without preparation – 0:1. The third period brought an onslaught and significant shooting activity by the Finns (14:2), who capitalized on it in the 47th minute.

Lamikko completed the offensive action with a fox shot from behind the goal line and used the rebound of the puck from the goalkeeper Johansson 1:1. The Swedes conceded the first goal at the World Cup after 167 minutes. After a five-minute overtime, the match finally came down to separate raids. They were better for the Swedes (3:2), the author of the winning run Raymond beat Larmi twice.

actor voices (source: iihf.com):

Olli Määttä, defender and captain of Finland: “We have to be more confident in the finish and shoot more often. That was missing in our game today and it was the main reason why we scored only one goal.”

Marcus Sörensen, striker of Sweden: “We play for each other and focus on defense. We let the opponent get a few shots, but they didn’t have any great chances from dangerous areas. We are satisfied with the good start and I think we repeated a great game in defense in this match as well.”

A-group table:

1. USA 3 3 0 0 0 14:4 9
2. Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 8:1 8
3. Denmark 2 1 1 0 0 7:4 5
4. Finland 3 1 0 1 1 6:9 4

5. France 2 0 1 1 0 5:5 3
6. Austria 2 0 0 1 1 1:7 1
7. Germany 3 0 0 0 3 5:8 0

8. Hungary 2 0 0 0 2 2:10 0

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