GDT: Group B • Dec. 29 • Sweden vs. Russia

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2015 IIHF U20 World Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B

December 29
5:00 PM ET • 23:00 CET

Sweden
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

22 Oskar Lindblom​

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25 Axel Holmström​

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21 William Nylander​

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29 Adrian Kempe​

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23 Lucas Wallmark

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20 Adam Brodecki​

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27 Anton Karlsson​

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9 Jacob de la Rose

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11 Anton Blidh​

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28 Leon Bristedt​

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26 Christoffer Ehn​

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12 Victor Olofsson​

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-​

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-​

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24 Jens Lööke​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

14 Robert Hägg

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7 Julius Bergman​

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2 Sebastian Aho​

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3 William Lagesson​

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8 Gustav Forsling​

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5 Robin Norell​

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6 Andreas Englund​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

30 Linus Söderström​

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1 Samuel Ward​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 35 Fredrik Bergvik​

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Healthy​

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Russia
Projected lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

27 Vyacheslav Leshchenko​

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22 Ivan Barbashyov​

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19 Pavel Buchnevich

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26 Vladimir Bryukvin​

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23 Alexander Sharov​

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18 Maxim Mamin​

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11 Nikolai Goldobin​

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9 Vladislav Kamenev​

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28 Sergei Tolchinskiy​

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-​

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17 Ivan Fishchenko​

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25 Alexander Dergachyov​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

7 Rushan Rafikov

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3 Dmitriy Yudin​

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6 Vladislav Gavrikov

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24 Rinat Valiyev​

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12 Alexander Bryntsev​

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5 Nikita Cherepanov​

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4 Ziyat Paygin​

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29 Ivan Provorov​

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Starter​

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Backup​

1 Ilya Sorokin​

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30 Igor Shestyorkin​

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Scratched​

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Details​

F 15 Anatoliy Golyshev​

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Suspended​

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G 20 Denis Kostin​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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Geoff Miller | -

Referee​

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Pascal St-Jacques | -

Linesman​

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Pierre Dehaen | -

Linesman​

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Jani Pesonen | -

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[Tomas W]

Would it be better for Sweden to lose this game? To avoid Finland in the QF?

 

[vippe]

Or you know... it's better to win all the games and build upon that.

I want to see Hägg play a lot better.

 

[Bjornee]

3-2 OT Russia

 

[Tomas W]

Or you know... it's better to win all the games and build upon that.

I want to see Hägg play a lot better.

Remember the OG 2006...

 

[Klown]

I hope Kempe is fit to play.

 

[TheTwelfth]

Is Golyshev going to be suspended for his hit on Baltisberger?

 

[Dynamo81]

Waking up at 1am to watch this. Really interested. Love watching these two nations play whenever they meet at any level.

Sweden recently at WJC level has a very good record against Russia. In fact Russia has been there ***** for a while Stopping Russia from making the final in the last two and beating Russia in the Gold Medal game in 2012.

Most recent games (last 6) have been decided by 1 goal too.

Russia has one win in their last 10 matches against Sweden at WJC level

WJC 2014 - Semi Final Sweden 2-1 Russia
WJC 2014 - Preliminary round Sweden 3-2 Russia
WJC 2013 - Semi Final Sweden 3-2 Russia SO
WJC 2012 - Final Sweden 1-0 Russia OT
WJC 2012 - Preliminary Round Sweden 4-3 OT (That 0-3 comeback )
WJC 2011 - Semi Final Sweden 3-4 Russia SO
WJC 2011 - Preliminary Round Sweden 2-0 Russia
WJC 2010 - Preliminary Round Sweden 4-1 Russia
WJC 2009 - Preliminary Round Sweden 5-0 Russia
WJC 2008 - Semi Final Sweden 2-1 Russia OT

My Prediction Sweden 4 - 2 Russia.

 

[Statsy]

Sweden's preliminary round win streak is on the line for this one. Anybody remember what it's currently at?

 

[Dynamo81]

Sweden's preliminary round win streak is on the line for this one. Anybody remember what it's currently at?

Sweden has 30 straight wins in the Preliminary Round. The last time they lost in the preliminary round was in 2007

 

[Bjornee]

Sweden has 30 straight wins in the Preliminary Round. The last time they lost in the preliminary round was in 2007

I would call that impressive for a nation of that size.

 

[Dynamo81]

I would call that impressive for a nation of that size.

That is impressive no matter what size you are. With the number of players the Canadians and USA have, you would be more inclined to assume they have such a record. If they did I would still be amazed.

Just shows how great of a junior hockey program the Swedes have at the moment. Good stuff.

 

[VictorLustig]

Sweden has 30 straight wins in the Preliminary Round. The last time they lost in the preliminary round was in 2007

Wow, forgot about that. I would trade that streak for 3 straight playoff wins though

 

[JoeyBeans]

Now this is a match you do not want to miss.

 

[Czech Yourself Pal]

Would it be better for Sweden to lose this game? To avoid Finland in the QF?

Don't worry about Finland, they lost to Slovakia

 

[Pgust]

4-2 Russia. Our D needs to step up.

 

[Dosing]

Don't worry about Finland, they lost to Slovakia

Yea well they go

when they play us.

 

[Tomas W]

Don't worry about Finland, they lost to Slovakia

Yeah and that's why I have to worry about Finland. Finland may very well lay eggs here and there and still be a serious threat, it's typical them to disappoint in one game and then surprise in the next.

But f it, I want Sweden to beat Russia, we don't know how group A will end for sure either so.

 

[joe89]

Should've been the New Year's Eve game but oh well, it'll be interesting. It seems reasonable for this team to finally lose a group stage game but I have a pretty good feeling.

 

[kp61c]

5:1 swedes, i expect a ptetty lopsided game with swedes outshoting us 50 - 20 or something like this, us per usual

 

[BlitzSnipe]

I expect a Russian victory today. Something like 4 or 5-2. They've got their confidence back and they played like a team yesterday. But it could also be very close - 3-3 or so, and then end up 4-3 to either team. We'll see .

 

[VictorLustig]

I like our chances against the Russians these days. They have good goaltending and forwards capable of doing some damage but they never seem to play that well against us.

 

[Karma]

Sucks this will be on during the USA game so I won't be able to watch it. I'll try to catch the replay on NHL network though. Should be a good one. I think Russia gets the win.

 

[Prntscrn]

Kempe is back

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

It's weird to me that they didn't make this game on NYE.

Anyway, it should be a good one!