Sweden win 3-1. Not a great game from either side.
Liljegren was invisible. No one on the swedish team really stood out to me, but Elvenes assist and Huggs shot on the 3-1 goal were nice to watch.
On Team Russia I liked Samorukov and Kostin. Samorukov looks big, calm and poised out there. Had some dangerous shots on goal too that led to second opportunities.
Kostin had two nice plays. One where he checked the swedish defender on the boards, stole the puck and then feathered a pass into the slot for a great scoring chance, and another where he passed the puck from deep in his own end to the swedish blueline which led to a breakaway the russians were unable to convert on. He also had a pretty terrible giveaway at the swedish blueline after he had had the puck on his stick for a long time and just circled the zone and then lost it which led to a partial breakaway.
Rubinchik looked fairly good as well. Had a big hit on Brännström and overall played solid. Got an assist on a shot from the left circle which hit Toropchenko on the way into the net.
That's about it from this game I guess.
Not to mention Zadina, Veleno, Roman...
