RED DEER, Alta. – Simon Edvinsson, Emil Andrae and Alexander Holtz each scored one and assisted another to lead Sweden past Russia 6-3 Sunday on the first day at the world junior hockey championship.
Oskar Olausson, Theodor Niederbach and Daniel Ljungman also scored for Sweden (1-0). Helge Grans and William Eklund chipped in with two assists apiece.
Jesper Wallstedt turned away 27 shots in the tournament-opening win in Red Deer, Alta.
Matvei Michkov replied with two third-period goals for Russia (0-1). Fyodor Svechkov also scored.
Russian goalie Yaroslav Askarov gave up three goals on 16 shots before being pulled after two periods. Yegor Guskov stopped 5-of-7 shots in relief in the third.
Canada hosted the Czech Republic later Sunday at Rogers Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers.
In Red Deer, the United States took on Slovakia.
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FINLAND 3 GERMANY 1
Samuel Helenius scored twice and Joel Maata had the eventual winner in the second period for Finland (1-0), with Brad Lambert assisting on both of Helenius’ goals.
Leevi Merilainen made 23 saves for the win in net.
Luca Munzenberger was the lone scorer for Germany (0-1), which got 19 stops from goaltender Nikita Quapp.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 26, 2021.
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