GDT: Group A - May 8 - Sweden (3) vs USA (4)

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2017 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 8
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

USA
Confirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

27 Anders Lee​

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15 Jack Eichel​

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13 Johnny Gaudreau​

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17 Nick Schmaltz​

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21 Dylan Larkin "A"​

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29 Brock Nelson "A"​

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7 J.T. Compher​

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9 Andrew Copp​

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10 Anders Bjork​

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18 Christian Dvorak​

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14 Nick Bjugstad​

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19 Clayton Keller​

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12 Jordan Greenway​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

55 Noah Hanifin​

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5 Connor Murphy "C"​

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65 Danny DeKeyser​

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8 Jacob Trouba​

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25 Charlie McAvoy​

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57 Trevor van Riemsdyk​

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6 Daniel Brickley​

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Starter​

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Backup​

35 Jimmy Howard​

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37 Connor Hellebuyck​

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Sweden
Confirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

92 Gabriel Landeskog "A"​

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49 Victor Rask​

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28 Elias Lindholm​

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34 Carl Söderberg​

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16 Marcus Krüger​

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67 Linus Omark​

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71 William Karlsson​

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29 William Nylander​

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22 Joel Erkisson Ek​

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42 Joakim Nordström​

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20 Joel Lundqvist "C"​

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48 Carl Klingberg​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

77 Victor Hedman "A"​

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6 Anton StrÃ¥lman​

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23 Oliver Ekman Larsson​

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25 Jonas Brodin​

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24 Alexander Edler​

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3 John Klingberg​

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Starter​

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Backup​

30 Viktor Fasth​

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31 Eddie Läck​

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Game Officials​

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Referee​

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Jozef Kubus | -

Referee​

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Daniel Stricker | -

Linesman​

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Roman Kaderli | -

Linesman​

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Hannu Sormunen | -

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[Mauler]

This game will be a good one i think will be interesting

 

[Xokkeu]

Swedens defense is better than the US forwards and probably even swede offense to American defense so should be favored. Americans should have the net advantage though.

 

[Tomas W]

I assume that Lindholm is a big ?, for this game, or does anyone got an updated on his knee?

 

[jfc64]

NHL stats:

Sweden

William Nylander (C/W) Toronto Maple Leafs 75 21 37 58 0.77 32 2
Elias Lindholm (C/RW) Carolina Hurricanes 66 11 32 43 0.65 16 -2
Joel Eriksson Ek (C) Minnesota Wild 10 3 3 6 0.60 2 3
Victor Rask (C) Carolina Hurricanes 76 16 27 43 0.57 12 -6
Gabriel Landeskog (LW) Colorado Avalanche 67 15 14 29 0.43 60 -22
William Karlsson (C) Columbus Blue Jackets 76 6 18 24 0.32 4 10
Marcus Krüger (C) Chicago Blackhawks 66 4 11 15 0.23 34 6
Carl Söderberg (C/LW) Colorado Avalanche 75 6 8 14 0.19 22 -24
Joakim Nordström (LW/RW) Carolina Hurricanes 76 6 5 11 0.14 17 -9
Joel Lundqvist SHL
Linus Omark KHL
Carl Klingberg NLA

Victor Hedman (D) Tampa Bay Lightning 79 16 56 72 0.91 47 3
John Klingberg (D) Dallas Stars 80 13 36 49 0.61 34 2
Oliver Ekman Larsson (D) Arizona Coyotes 79 12 27 39 0.49 48 -25
Jonas Brodin (D) Minnesota Wild 68 3 22 25 0.37 20 5 5
Alexander Edler (D) Vancouver Canucks 68 6 15 21 0.31 36 -20
Anton Strålman (D) Tampa Bay Lightning 73 5 17 22 0.30 20 1

Eddie Läck Carolina Hurricanes 20 2.64 .902
Viktor Fasth KHL


Possible late additions:

1. Jakob Silfverberg (RW) Anaheim Ducks 9 7 4 11 1.22 4 3
2. Nicklas Bäckström (C) Washington Capitals 11 5 6 11 1.00 2 -2
3. Erik Karlsson (D) Ottawa Senators 11 1 10 11 1.00 6 4
4. Rickard Rakell (C/W) Anaheim Ducks 9 5 4 9 1.00 0 12
5. Marcus Johansson (LW/C) Washington Capitals 11 2 6 8 0.73 2 -1
6. Alexander Steen (LW) St. Louis Blues 9 3 4 7 0.78 4 2
7. Filip Forsberg (LW/RW) Nashville Predators 9 3 4 7 0.78 6 8
8. Mika Zibanejad (C) New York Rangers 11 1 6 7 0.64 0 5
9. Patric Hörnqvist (RW) Pittsburgh Penguins 10 3 3 6 0.60 0 5
10. Jesper Fast (RW/LW) New York Rangers 11 3 3 6 0.55 0 4
11. Adam Larsson (D) Edmonton Oilers 11 2 3 5 0.45 4 -6
12. Oscar Klefbom (D) Edmonton Oilers 11 2 3 5 0.45 0 -2
13. Oscar Lindberg (C) New York Rangers 11 3 1 4 0.36 2 3
14. Viktor Arvidsson (LW/RW) Nashville Predators 9 2 2 4 0.44 2 8
16. André Burakovsky (LW/RW) Washington Capitals 11 1 3 4 0.36 0 2
17. Patrik Berglund (C) St. Louis Blues 10 0 4 4 0.40 10 1
20. Magnus Pääjärvi (LW/RW) St. Louis Blues 8 1 2 3 0.38 2 1
21. Hampus Lindholm (D) Anaheim Ducks 9 0 3 3 0.33 6 9
23. Mattias Ekholm (D) Nashville Predators 9 0 2 2 0.22 12 6
24. Viktor Stålberg (LW/RW) Ottawa Senators 11 0 2 2 0.18 2 -5
26. Carl Hagelin (LW) Pittsburgh Penguins 4 1 0 1 0.25 2 -2
32. Fredrik Claesson (D) Ottawa Senators 6 0 1 1 0.17 2 1
33. Calle Järnkrok (C) Nashville Predators 8 0 1 1 0.13 0 -1
39. Carl Gunnarsson (D) St. Louis Blues 10 0 0 0 0.00 2 -1

1. Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers 11 2.18 .930


U.S.A:

Jack Eichel (C) Buffalo Sabres 61 24 33 57 0.93 22 -13
Johnny Gaudreau (LW) Calgary Flames 72 18 43 61 0.85 4 -7
Anders Lee (LW) New York Islanders 81 34 18 52 0.64 56 9
Brock Nelson (C/LW) New York Islanders 81 20 25 45 0.56 36 -6
Jacob Trouba (D) Winnipeg Jets 60 8 25 33 0.55 54 4
Nick Schmaltz (C/W) Chicago Blackhawks 61 6 22 28 0.46 6 10
Christian Dvorak (C/LW) Arizona Coyotes 78 15 18 33 0.42 22 7
Dylan Larkin (C/LW) Detroit Red Wings 80 17 15 32 0.40 37 -28
Noah Hanifin (D) Carolina Hurricanes 81 4 25 29 0.36 26 -19
Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) Chicago Blackhawks 58 5 11 16 0.28 29 17
Andrew Copp (C/LW) Winnipeg Jets 64 9 8 17 0.27 18 8
Nick Bjugstad (C) Florida Panthers 54 7 7 14 0.26 22 -19
J.T. Compher (C/RW) Colorado Avalanche 21 3 2 5 0.24 4 0
Connor Murphy (D) Arizona Coyotes 77 2 15 17 0.22 45 -13
Danny DeKeyser (D) Detroit Red Wings 82 4 8 12 0.15 33 -22

Jimmy Howard Detroit Red Wings 26 2.10 .927
Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets 56 2.89 .907

Junior World Champions 2017:
Clayton Keller (F) 7 3 8 11 2 3 |
Jordan Greenway (F) 7 3 5 8 2 3 |
Charlie McAvoy (D) 7 2 4 6 14 6

College players:
Anders Bjork (LW/C) University Of Notre Dame
Daniel Brickley (D) Minnesota State Univ. Mankato


Possible late additions:

T.J. Oshie (RW) Washington Capitals 68 33 23 56 0.82 36 28
Chris Kreider (LW) New York Rangers 75 28 25 53 0.71 58 6
Kevin Shattenkirk (D) Washinton Capitals 80 13 43 56 0.70 47 -7
J.T. Miller (C/W) New York Rangers 82 22 34 56 0.68 21 17
Derek Stepan (C) New York Rangers 81 17 38 55 0.68 16 19
Paul Stastny (C) St. Louis Blues 66 18 22 40 0.61 36 4
Ryan McDonagh (D) New York Rangers 77 6 36 42 0.55 37 20
John Carlson (D) Washington Capitals 72 9 28 37 0.51 10 7
Matt Niskanen (D) Washington Capitals 78 5 34 39 0.50 32 20

 

[rickardr]

I assume that Lindholm is a big ?, for this game, or does anyone got an updated on his knee?

According to our assistant coach, he is playing tonight. Joined the team this morning for practice.

 

[21]

Anders Björk, ok

Perhaps having dual citizenships or it could easily be arranged.

"Anders, are you interested in playing for Sweden?"

Well, first we have to watch him play.

 

[FinnishCoyote]

Keller has been very good at both earlier games, but those teams were Denmark and Germany. Interesting to see how he plays against much better team

 

[aphyro]

Anders Björk, ok

Perhaps having dual citizenships or it could easily be arranged.

"Anders, are you interested in playing for Sweden?"

Well, first we have to watch him play.

Is he of Swedish heritage? Sounds swedish along with Bjugstad

 

[Xokkeu]

Is he of Swedish heritage? Sounds swedish along with Bjugstad

I think a Bjugstad is Norwegian but half of Minnesota and Wisconsin is Scandinavian in some form or another. Both Bjork and Bjugstads parents were born in the states though.

 

[21]

Is he of Swedish heritage? Sounds swedish along with Bjugstad

Don't know but Bjugstad is most probably a Norwegian latsname. Well, the USA is full of people with heritage from the Nordic countries.

 

[aphyro]

I think a Bjugstad is Norwegian but half of Minnesota and Wisconsin is Scandinavian in some form or another. Both Bjork and Bjugstads parents were born in the states though.

Aight thank you!

Damn so Minnesota or Wisconsin is the states i should visit in the states then !

Well ill hope this two guys will preform good for team US then

 

[Xokkeu]

Aight thank you!

Damn so Minnesota or Wisconsin is the states i should visit in the states then !

Well ill hope this two guys will preform good for team US then

Yeah every other person is blonde and like at least 6 feet tall hahah. Mostly Norwegians, I think like a third of Norway left the country around 1870-1900 or so. But a host of Swedes and Finns.

 

[LiveeviL]

Yeah every other person is blonde and like at least 6 feet tall hahah. Mostly Norwegians, I think like a third of Norway left the country around 1870-1900 or so. But a host of Swedes and Finns.

1/5 of the Swedes left at that time (appr. 1 mill.), mostly for the same area.

 

[Xokkeu]

1/5 of the Swedes left at that time (appr. 1 mill.), mostly for the same area.

Yeah I think Finland lost a big portion too, just the numbers are smaller because Finland in smaller.

According to the last census 17% of Minnesotans trace their ancestry to Norway, 10% to Sweden. Even though my grandma was like four generations removed from Norway she still went to Daughters of Norway meetings.

 

[fredligh]

Didn't know Landeskog was this dirty, hhe is an expert in getting away with it as well...

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

dirty hit imo

 

[WesMcCauley]

Borderline late but a beautiful hit by Landeskog. Hopefully Schmaltz is ok

 

[Chimpradamus]

The hit was kind of late (1 second) but it was very clean in its delivery. Straight to the chest.

 

[volcom92886]

Borderline late but a beautiful hit by Landeskog. Hopefully Schmaltz is ok

Borderline? The puck was gone for a good 2-3 seconds before he got hit. Dirty hit

 

[WesMcCauley]

dirty hit imo

Why? If anything it was a little late but other than that it was a perfect hit. Great job by the refs. They talked about it and agreed that it was fine. Impressive job by them imo. Im not a swede btw.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

what a shot!

 

[Willy Stylez]

Boya!

 

[bDtKarlsson]

Yeah that hit was beautiful but a bit late. Wouldn't complain if it resultet in a penalty. 1-0!

 

[bobbydigital]

Did Sweden really choose Mama Mia as their goal song?