GDT: Game 3: Finland Vs Sweden | 1PM EST 7PM CET | SWE 3 - 2 FIN OT

[canswetoxic]

Swedish goslies is The weaknest.

 

[Opak]

Thomson is so bad. One of the worst defenders for Finland tonight.

 

[Huokaus]

That penalty song is sooooooo f***ing annoying already

 

[Jussi]

Höglander isn’t even the first Swede to do that goal in the WJC. Robin Figren did it back in 2007.

And I think that was a 6-1 goal vs Denmark.

 

[FinPanda]

That penalty song is sooooooo ****ing annoying already

Agreed. I wish they would change it. It has brought us multiple golds though..

 

[karhukissa]

Ranta looks strong

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Annunen covers so much net

 

[Barkkonen]

Annunen covers so much net

T H I C C boi

 

[Star Ocean]

Might as well lose this game to avoid russia in quarters.

 

[Patman123and4]

Sweden 1 - Finnish goalie 2

 

[tellermine]

Thomson is so bad. One of the worst defenders for Finland tonight.

Funny. In my eyes they all have played quite baddly.

 

[AB13]

Sweden completely dominant, lead the shots 31-16 and do almost everything better than the finns, besides score. Goaltending is the only difference so far.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Swe commentators: Sweden is dominating the game, puck possesion, shots etc. Agree/disagree?

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Annunen covers so much net

Mostly why he has been so good this season. His positioning is pretty nice as well. These 2 aspects already make him a solid #1 in Liiga at his young age.

 

[Brun0]

Finlands game is no where near, but no problem.

We will get better and start playing.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Seems like the preliminary round record of Sweden is about to be broken tonight. Which country would be sweeter to do it than Finland

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Swe commentators: Sweden is dominating the game, puck possesion, shots etc. Agree/disagree?

Everyone with a working pair of eyes agrees

 

[RoyIsALegend]

T H I C C boi

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Swe commentators: Sweden is dominating the game, puck possesion, shots etc. Agree/disagree?

They're right imo. Annunen wasn't challenged as much this period but it was still pretty apparent that SWE is pressing the play better and getting chances up close.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Sit down Svechnikov

Back to you Svechnikov!

I get triggered when people refer to that as "a Svechnikov style goal". Yes, he was the first to pull it off in the NHL. Doesn't mean it wasn't done before (in a bigger game in fact).

It triggers me too lol, people are acting like he invented it.

I never said Svech invented it. But Hoglander and Svech have been trading lacrosse goals for the last while. It’s been fun to watch.

To be clear — Svechnikov’s move is different than Hoglander’s.

There’s a reason we don’t see “Michigan” or Hoglander style goals in the NHL... they get broken up by the defense or stopped by the goalie.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Funny. In my eyes they all have played quite baddly.

Not a single d-man has looked like themselves tonight for Finland, nervous, squeezing the stick too much,
several brainfarts and other weird stuff.

1st game, our game always progresses, gets better, as the tournament progresses.

 

[Brun0]

Maybe Sweden is missing goal scoring talent?

 

[JJTT]

Why the hell they keep gifting the puck to Sweden with these turnovers.

 

[timmeh]

And I think that was a 6-1 goal vs Denmark.

Equally important at this point then

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

To be clear — Svechnikov’s move is different than Hoglander’s.

There’s a reason we don’t see “Michigan” or Hoglander style goals in the NHL... they get broken up by the defense or stopped by the goalie.

Svechnikov literally proves that the move works in NHL and with nearly no speed at all. No chief, this ain't it. It has been just underused as all hell and that's why the myth of NHL defenders being able to defend against it was born.