Swedish players in the final of the 81st world Cup Canada avenged for the defeat in the final match of the Olympic games 2014.
Sweden has not allowed Canada for the first time since 1952 to win four straight world championship. “Tre Kronor” barely lasted to a shootout, where the main character was Henrik Lundqvist, who managed to fend off throws from Nathan MacKinnon, Brayden Point and Mitch Marner. The Swedes accurate shootout scored and Nicklas Backstrom Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
The Swedish national team became the tenfold world champion. For this indicator, “Tre Kronor” second only to Russia (USSR, 27 titles), Canada (26) and Czech Republic (12).
Canada — Sweden 1:2 in shootouts (0:0, 0:1, 1:0, 0:0)
Washers: 39:39 Hedman (minority) – 0:1; 41:58 O Reilly (the majority) – 1:1
In the bronze medal match, Russia hardly has not allowed the Finns to recoup from the account 0:4. The team of Oleg Znarka finished third and extended their medal streak to four tournaments.
Russia — Finland 5:3 (1:0, 3:1, 1:2)
Washers: 06:58 Gusev – 1:0; 21:48 Tkachev (the majority) – 2:0; 27:01 Gusev (most) – 3:0; 28:16 Kiselevich – 4:0; 39:33 Rantanen – 4:1; 41:16 Lehtonen – 4:2; 45:29 Savinainen (most) — 4:3; 48:03 Kucherov – 5:3
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