Three Kronor fell to the USA after shivers in overtime

Tre Kronor, backed up by Boston linebacker Linus Ullmark and Pittsburgh linebacker Marcus Peterson, started the meeting with the United States in the same attacking fashion as against Great Britain. Rasmus Dalin gave Sweden the lead after less than two and a half minutes.

But after five minutes she was tied up. Ottawa’s Adam Godet hit a high shot that slipped past Allmark. The Americans got a boost of energy, but no more goals were scored in the first and even period.

– Competition, intensity and combativeness were not there, Garbinlove says of the first period and continues:

– But we’ll get back in the game, equalize and take that with us.

Disqualified for offside

In the second half, it was very close for a new Swede lead – but Karl Grundström’s goal was ruled out 2-1 for offside.

Instead, it was the United States that took the lead. The USA, playing solidly since Grundstrom had just been kicked off a fumble, made it 2-1 through Nate Schmidt with just over a minute left in the second period.

But the 24-year-old Grundstrom would eventually achieve his goal.

– That was nice. It’s always nice to score the first goal in a tournament, he tells SVT Sport.

Grundstrom’s revenge

On his own, after USA’s Luke Hughes lost the ball in his own area when the stick came out (!), Grundstrom arranged the important equalizer 13 minutes before the end of the final period.

Then Tre Kronor picked up the pace again, but the decision was not made and the match went to overtime.

There, American Gaudette became the hero of his team.

The score came to 3-2 with 11 seconds left in overtime and with Tre Kronor’s winning streak, four in a row so far, broken.

– We have chances to win in third place, and then when it comes to overtime, there are small margins. It’s the chances we take that turn the game around, says Garbinloff.

– It is not possible to enter into this type of match and play half-heartedly. You must be present, you must be present, and if you are not present, you lose.

For Sweden, two matches remained in the group stage – against Norway and Latvia.