Sweden took a big bite out of a lacklustre Germany, remains 100% at the championship

Sweden remains undefeated after the third game at this year’s World Championship. In the duel with Germany, they followed up their previous victories over Poland and the United States and after winning 6:1, they added three more points to the table of Ostrava Group B.

Sweden waited for nothing from the start

The Swedes have not lost a point so far in the tournament and they wanted to increase their score in the duel with Germany. The latter, on the other hand, wanted to repair their reputation after a heavy 1:6 defeat to the United States. In the first period, however, our neighbours did not succeed at all in this goal, as they had to make up a three-goal deficit after the end of the period.

The score changed for the first time in the 3rd minute. Erik Karlsson received the puck from Froden in the second wave and beat Grubauer for the first time. The Swedes had to wait until the 15th minute for the second goal, at the end of which Petterson was given a sea of time and scored with a bomb into the crossbar from the top of the left circle to make it 0:2.

Twelve seconds before going to the booths, Peterka was given a two-minute penalty and the visitors punished his exclusion before the break. Olofsson added a third goal with a shot from the blue line and Germany’s stock started to look very bleak.

Tre Kronor had a clear advantage in the first period, as evidenced by the number of shots. In this statistic, the visiting team won by a high score of 4:17 and also showed sufficient efficiency in finishing.

The northerners also dominated the second period

The picture of the game did not change in the second period. Sweden dominated the second period and eventually added two more goals. The first one was taken care of by Grundstrom, who skillfully crossed Dahlin’s pass into Grubauer’s forehand. Shortly afterwards, Peterka could have reduced the deficit, but in an independent breakout he didn’t look at the alert Ersson.

The rule “you don’t give, you get” was also valid in this case, but the fifth Swedish goal was preceded by a player in the crease and could not be recognized.

The Swedes had to wait until the 30th minute for the fifth shot, after a hesitation by Grubauer, Holmberg presented the puck on a golden platter to Burakovsky, who did not miss the easy goal into the uncovered cage. After that, the visitors slowed down the pace and the second ten minutes did not bring another change in the score.

Sam Hallam’s team clearly dominated the game and outshot their opponent 35:9. The Germans were not having a happy day and in the third period you could see that they wanted to finish the match with dignity.

The third period was just a rematch

The third act did pick up the pace and the German team got more into the game. They created several promising opportunities, including one big one by Peterka, but Ersson successfully resisted. But in the 48th minute he was fishing the puck out of his own net, and Pfoederl made it an honorable success for the Germans when a blocked attempt by Michaelis deflected to him and Pfoederl delivered the puck from close range past a helpless Ersson.

The Swedes, however, had the last word. Lundestrom closed the scoring after a beautiful combination. Sweden convincingly defeated Germany 6: 1

Goals: 48. Pfoederl – 3. E. Karlsson, 15. Pettersson, 20. Olofsson, 25. Grundstrom, 30. Burakovsky, 52. Lundestrom

Source: IIHF, Ice Hockey World Championship 2024