GDT: Quarterfinal - May 17 - Sweden vs Latvia

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Quarterfinal

May 17
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

Sweden vs Latvia

Sweden
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
31 Anders Nilsson
35 Magnus Hellberg

Defensemen:
23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 6 Adam Larsson
47 Hampus Lindholm - 3 John Klingberg
4 Mattias Ekholm - 5 Mikael Wikstrand

Forwards:
67 Rickard Rakell - 93 Mika Zibanejad - 13 Mattias Janmark
72 Patrick Hörnqvist - 11 Mikael Backlund - 14 Gustav Nyquist
79 Filip Forsberg - 9 Adrian Kempe - 33 Viktor Arvdisson
91 Magnus Pääjärvi- 12 Johan Larsson - 25 Jacob de la Rose
24 Lias Andersson - 18 Dennis Everberg

Scratched:
G 30 Filip Gustavsson
D 56 Erik Gustafsson
F 40 Elias Pettersson


Latvia
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Elvis Merzlikins
50 Kristers Gudlevskis

Defensemen:
58 Guntis Galviņš - 27 Oskars Cibuļskis
3 Edgars Siksna - 11 Kristaps Sotnieks
94 Kristians Rubīns - 29 Ralfs Freibergs
77 Kristaps Zīle

Forwards:
24 Mikelis Rēdlihs - 25 Andris Džeriņš - 70 Miks Indrašis
21 Rudolfs Balcers - 18 Rodrigo Ābols - 91 Ronalds Ķēniņš
71 Roberts Bukarts - 23 Teodors Blugers - 10 Rihards Bukarts
41 Frenks Razgals - 87 Gints Meija - 79 Vitalijs Pavlovs
89 Nikita Jevpalovs

Scratched:
G 35 Matiss Kivlenieks
D 26 Uvis Balinskis
F 15 Martin Karsums


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[IceBjoern]

No Karsums, no glory.

5-1 Sweden

 

[ZEBROA]

Ok Sweden if you are not your best self you wont win this game. Dont underestimate the fighting spirit of your opponent.

This will probably be a realy tough game.

 

[theslatcher]

Kempe is the center on the third line, not Forsberg.

Backlund sounds fired up to beat his former coach.

 

[Namejs]

No Karsums, no glory.

5-1 Sweden

No Darzins, Daugavins, Bartulis, Kulda, and the list goes on. We don't care. It didn't stop us from snatching points vs. USA and Canada.

 

[Retroglyphs]

Sweden 4 - Latvia 1

 

[maximafinogenov7]

No Darzins, Daugavins, Bartulis, Kulda, and the list goes on. We don't care. It didn't stop us from snatching points vs. USA and Canada.

But it will stop you now. Latvia would lose also with them, though.

5:2 Sweden

 

[LiveeviL]

Decent Swedish D, 187 points between the 5 NHL guys, regular season.

 

[Kalv]

I see Sweden as favorites for gold and would rather face any other team, but can`t wait for the game. As a Ducks fan, will be weird cheering against Ricky and Magnus

 

[theslatcher]

Tickets are sold out, Majority to Danish people due to them expecting Denmark to play.

 

[Namejs]

I see Sweden as favorites for gold and would rather face any other team, but can`t wait for the game. As a Ducks fan, will be weird cheering against Ricky and Magnus

Do you think Sweden has more speed than Finland? I think it's speed that killed us against the Finns.

 

[Kalv]

Do you think Sweden has more speed than Finland? I think it's speed that killed us against the Finns.

Arvidsson can make problems They with Forsberg can play a quick hockey, I have seen it as a Ducks fan
Well, Sweden is quite fast even if they might or might not be faster than Finns. The way I see it is that Sweden has the same or higher talent level on the roster as USA or CAN, but Sweden plays more team game.
But if Slovakia, who did not qualified for 1/4 finals, could take a point from Sweden, we can stay competitive against Sweden as well

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Once again Swedes gets the easiest way. Gold incoming bois.

 

[maximafinogenov7]

Arvidsson can make problems They with Forsberg can play a quick hockey, I have seen it as a Ducks fan
Well, Sweden is quite fast even if they might or might not be faster than Finns. The way I see it is that Sweden has the same or higher talent level on the roster as USA or CAN, but Sweden plays more team game.
But if Slovakia, who did not qualified for 1/4 finals, could take a point from Sweden, we can stay competitive against Sweden as well

Slovakia take a point, but other teams who did qualified(Russia, Czech, Swiss) couldnt did that though. So its irrelevant information.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Tickets are sold out, Majority to Danish people due to them expecting Denmark to play.

Yeah, that's a really boring situation. I hope most Danes sell their tickets, or if they go to the game, at least make some noise and not sit there like they're in the cinema.

 

[Kalv]

Slovakia take a point, but other teams who did qualified(Russia, Czech, Swiss) couldnt did that though. So its irrelevant information.

they played different type of game against Swedes, I believe, as they had more firepower and tried to play the game more open, no? Latvia will play Swedes tight

 

[Eye of Ra]

Once again Swedes gets the easiest way. Gold incoming bois.

very deserving, sweden won all games in their group, no other nation did that.

 

[kary]

I don't see any chance for an upset here. Sorry Latvia, hope you put up a good fight.

 

[Namejs]

Slovakia take a point, but other teams who did qualified(Russia, Czech, Swiss) couldnt did that though. So its irrelevant information.

That's some interesting reasoning.

If a weaker team could draw Sweden, but the stronger teams couldn't, you're saying that Latvia won't be able to go to OT against Sweden because of their previous results.

Basically, Latvia is a good team, so there won't be any tied games. That's very interesting.

Thanks for your opinion.

 

[theslatcher]

they played different type of game against Swedes, I believe, as they had more firepower and tried to play the game more open, no? Latvia will play Swedes tight

Wasn't the type of game they played that made them go to OT.

Anyway, expect to spend the majority of the time in your own zone either way.

Edit: also, we didn't have Forsberg, Arvidsson, Ekholm, & Hörnqvist vs Slovakia.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

very deserving, sweden won all games in their group, no other nation did that.

Weaker group though.

 

[Namejs]

Weaker group though.

Yup, Finland, USA and Canada are all favorites in their QF match-ups.

 

[Kalv]

Wasn't the type of game they played that made them go to OT.

Anyway, expect to spend the majority of the time in your own zone either way.

Edit: also, we didn't have Forsberg, Arvidsson, Ekholm, & Hörnqvist vs Slovakia.

Well thank you, didn`t knew that myself. Thought we would dominate the game tomorrow, until you came and shed the light on me

 

[jfc64]

Skott i plocken, breve och skott that is blocked.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Weaker group though.

nah, czech/russia/swiss not much worse than canada/usa/finland.

and if you compare the rosters tell me how canada/usa/finland have better roster than sweden.