GDT: Group B - May 20 - Sweden vs Latvia

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Group B

May 20
10:15 AM ET • 4:15 PM CET

Sweden vs Latvia

Sweden
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Henrik Lundqvist
25 Jacob Markström

Defensemen:
23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 6 Adam Larsson
14 Mattias Ekholm - 3 John Klingberg
56 Erik Gustafsson - 18 Marcus Pettersson
8 Robert Hägg

Forwards:
88 William Nylander - 10 Alexander Wennberg - 72 Patric Hörnqvist
40 Elias Pettersson - 28 Elias Lindholm - 92 Gabriel Landeskog
21 Loui Eriksson - 58 Anton Lander - 9 Adrian Kempe
70 Dennis Rasmussen - 16 Marcus Krüger - 32 Oskar Lindblom
63 Jesper Bratt

Scratched:
G 1 Jhonas Enroth
F 29 Mario Kempe


Latvia
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Elvis Merzļikins
50 Kristers Gudļevskis

Defensemen:
32 Artūrs Kulda - 27 Oskar Cibuļskis
77 Kristaps Zīle - 11 Kristaps Sotnieks
72 Janis Jaks - 26 Uvis Balinskis

Forwards:
21 Rūdolfs Balcers - 23 Theodor Blueger - 91 Ronalds Ķēniņš
10 Lauris Dārziņš - 87 Gints Meija - 70 Miks Indrašis
71 Roberts Bukarts - 96 Māris Bičevskis - 14 Rihards Bukarts
49 Emīls Ģēģeris - 95 Oskars Batņa - 12 Rihards Marenis
17 Mārtiņš Dzierkals

Scratched:
G 31 Gustavs Grigals
D 29 Ralfs Freibergs
D 58 Guntis Galviņš
F 18 Rodrigo Ābols


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[Lambo]

Sweden win 4:1

 

[Eye of Ra]

9-1 to sweden

 

[theslatcher]

4-1 Sweden. Hank lets in a soft goal and then shuts it down.

 

[EK47]

Its gonna be pretty tight again especially if the discipline is lacking because the Latvian PP has been good. Were simply not coached well enough to ever produce a blowout against a Bob Hartley coached team.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Wth is Bratt scratched..

 

[Namejs]

We need 3 points.

We went all out on Russia and we're going to go all out on Sweden now.

We were in lead both against Russia and the Czech Republic, so a sleepy slow start by the Swedes will likely result in the same.

If we lose a couple of goals early on, a complete blowout is also possible since it doesn't matter if we lose 0-50 or 5-6.

 

[Retroglyphs]

Team Sweden 4 - Team Latvia 1

 

[stastny12]

Sweden 6:0

 

[EK47]

Wth is Bratt scratched..

If that’s true I hope we loose and miss the quarters.

Atleast slightly.

 

[Hybbe]

Markström should be starting tonight, Lundqvist could use a days rest before going up against Russia and Marky needs a start.

 

[Star Ocean]

Markström should be starting tonight, Lundqvist could use a days rest before going up against Russia and Marky needs a start.

Markstrom is a better fit vs russia. I remember he robbed them at world cup 2016

It was lundqvist who didnt look stellar vs team europe and sweden went out.

 

[JHB]

Yeah, better let Markström get a start against a tough opponent. Will be easier to see who should be #1 in the playoffs later.

With that said, Latvia is no joke and Sweden can finish 5th if they lose against both Latvia and Russia. I will bet a 4-2 win for Sweden.

 

[theslatcher]

Wth is Bratt scratched..

Jesper Bratt: ”Man får vara redo när chansen kommer”

Sounds like he'll play, and as more than as a 13th forward this time.

 

[EK47]

They’re actually debating scratching Bratt.

 

[Star Ocean]

They’re actually debating scratching Bratt.

Wish they had the balls to sit eriksson

 

[canswetoxic]

Markström should be starting tonight, Lundqvist could use a days rest before going up against Russia and Marky needs a start.

Lundqvist will start. Marky will goes againt Ruski according to SVT

 

[Namejs]

Lundqvist will start. Marky will goes againt Ruski according to SVT

That's good news for Latvia, Lundqvist has regressed quite a bit. Sounds weird, but we're probably going to have the better goalie.

 

[Star Ocean]

That's good news for Latvia, Lundqvist has regressed quite a bit. Sounds weird, but we're probably going to have the better goalie.

Agreed. Lundqvist hasnt impressed me so far.

 

[Pensionsraddare]

That's good news for Latvia, Lundqvist has regressed quite a bit. Sounds weird, but we're probably going to have the better goalie.

Yeah, he’s 37 years old so of course he isn’t in his prime anymore but he’s still very good. I don’t know if you catch our game against the Swiss? Cause if you did you would have seen what everyone else saw. Lundqvist saving our asses. Elvis is good, but he’s yet to prove himself in the NHL. For the moment don’t even compare him to the king!

 

[Namejs]

Yeah, he’s 37 years old so of course he isn’t in his prime anymore but he’s still very good. I don’t know if you catch our game against the Swiss? Cause if you did you would have seen what everyone else saw. Lundqvist saving our asses. Elvis is good, but he’s yet to prove himself in the NHL. For the moment don’t even compare him to the king!

He's good, OK. But Markström is better as of May 2019 and he would probably catch 1 more shot per every 30 shots made.

 

[Star Ocean]

Yeah, he’s 37 years old so of course he isn’t in his prime anymore but he’s still very good. I don’t know if you catch our game against the Swiss? Cause if you did you would have seen what everyone else saw. Lundqvist saving our asses. Elvis is good, but he’s yet to prove himself in the NHL. For the moment don’t even compare him to the king!

Eh svt overrated lundqvist performance vs swiss

 

[EK47]

Yeah, he’s 37 years old so of course he isn’t in his prime anymore but he’s still very good. I don’t know if you catch our game against the Swiss? Cause if you did you would have seen what everyone else saw. Lundqvist saving our asses. Elvis is good, but he’s yet to prove himself in the NHL. For the moment don’t even compare him to the king!

Yeah it wasnt at all his fault that Sweden lost momentum after that early softie.

 

[EK47]

Eh svt overrated lundqvist performance vs swiss

Pretty much SVT is praising all the household names left and right(except for Pettersson) wether they deserve it or not.

 

[Star Ocean]

Pretty much SVT is praising all the household names left and right(except for Pettersson) wether they deserve it or not.

That i can agree with. Härenstam has a hard on for kruger and lander.