GDT: Group B - May 15 - Finland vs USA

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Group B

May 15
6:15 AM ET • 12:15 AM CET

Finland vs USA

Finland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
29 Harri Säteri
35 Ville Husso

Defensemen:
41 Miro Heiskanen - 2 Ville Pokka
77 Markus Nutivaara - 55 Miika Koivisto
4 Tommi Kivistö - 6 Julius Honka
50 Juuso Riikola

Forwards:
81 Eeli Tolvanen - 64 Mikael Granlund - 96 Mikko Rantanen
19 Veli-Matti Savinainen - 20 Sebastian Aho - 86 Teuvo Teräväinen
24 Kasperi Kapanen - 65 Sakari Manninen - 25 Pekka Jormakka
18 Saku Mäenalanen - 22 Janne Pesonen - 12 Marko Anttila
34 Olli Palola

Scratched:
G 37 Eero Kilpeläinen
D 7 Niko Mikkola
F 74 Antti Suomela


USA
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
1 Keith Kinkaid
33 Scott Darling

Defensemen:
23 Alec Martinez - 5 Connor Murphy
4 Will Butcher - 73 Charlie McAvoy
14 Nick Jensen - 44 Neal Pionk
43 Quinn Hughes

Forwards:
89 Cam Atkinson - 3 Nick Bonino - 88 Patrick Kane
27 Anders Lee - 21 Dylan Larkin - 13 Johnny Gaudreau
20 Chris Kreider - 36 Colin White - 12 Alex DeBrincat
25 Blake Coleman - 7 Derek Ryan - 39 Brian Gibbons
29 Tage Thompson

Scratched:
G 35 Charlie Lindgren
D 82 Jordan Oesterle
F 22 Sonny Milano


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[LaxSabre]

2018 United States National Team - 2018 IIHF World Championships - Denmark

 

[Retroglyphs]

Finland wins 4:3 in the SO

 

[ThaiTanicDK]

Flip a coin. Its group B. Everyone beats everyone on any given day.

 

[theslatcher]

Finland had an emergency meeting last night after the Germany loss, for the hell of it I'm going 5-2 USA but it could go either way.

 

[AmericanDream]

just make it to OT boys and #1 seed is ours!!!!

 

[SanDogBrewin]

This game should be a good one.

 

[Frisker]

This game is literally impossible to predict. I do expect USA to play very solid game, but Finland in the other hand is bit more tricky, could go either way. If they play offence as well as against Canada, it'll be great game. If they play Denmark and Germany game, it's 9000-0.

5-3 Finland is my final prediction though.

 

[AmericanDream]

This game should be a good one.

Yes sir...anyone want to do a separate 9am GDT for those not waking up at 5am and are dvr'ing it?? hahaha

 

[OregonCanuck]

Stoked for this one staying up all night to see I wonder if hughes will get ice

 

[mattihp]

The two best forwards of the tournament go head to head. 3-2 Finland!

 

[AutisticGoat]

6-2 to Finland and Kane gets beaten in fight by mörkö marko

 

[Pieck]

5-1 Finland because why not

 

[JJTT]

Säteri in goal. Tolvanen and Kapanen switch places.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Against Germany Finland played well only in the third period and won shots like 20-4. I believe we will see same kind of effort for 60 minutes today. But USA will be a tough one.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

There is so much at stake in this game. If Finland wins on regulation it wins the group and faces Swiss or Slovakia in the QF. Swiss have a really good team this year, they should definetely win over France. With all the respect to Swiss hockey community it would frankly be the best option for us to face in the QFs at this point.

 

[maclean]

The two best forwards of the tournament go head to head. 3-2 Finland!

Hm sorry that's who?

 

[DoubleGold]

The US probably takes this one. Hope the boys prove me wrong though.

 

[FiLe]

Confirmed FIN lineup:

Säteri (Husso)

Heiskanen-Pokka
Nutivaara-Koivisto
Kivistö-Honka
Riikola

Tolvanen-Granlund-Rantanen
Savinainen-Aho-Teräväinen
Jormakka-Manninen-Kapanen
Mäenalanen-Pesonen-Anttila
Palola

 

[DoubleGold]

Why is Pokka still in the 1st line? The guy shouldn't even be in the national team, that's how bad he is.

 

[canswetoxic]

Look likely the Finns take this one. Finns are mediocre vs bad team but mostly over perform vs good team.

 

[OregonCanuck]

USA USA USA..

 

[Lempo]

Nope. That avvy doesn't go with that chant.

 

[Lempo]

Olli Jokinen tip for the game: If Kane sleeps, don't wake him up. No poking, no slapping at shins.

 

[illone84]

Finland 5 USA 3