GDT: Semifinal - May 20 - Sweden (4) vs Finland (1)

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Lineups will be updated prior to game start.

2017 IIHF World Championship Semifinals

May 20
1:15 PM ET • 7:15 PM CET
LANXESS Arena • Cologne, Germany

Sweden
Unconfirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

92 Gabriel Landeskog "A"​

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49 Victor Rask​

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28 Elias Lindholm​

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34 Carl Söderberg​

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16 Marcus Krüger​

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67 Linus Omark​

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71 William Karlsson​

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29 William Nylander​

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22 Joel Erkisson Ek​

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42 Joakim Nordström​

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20 Joel Lundqvist "C"​

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48 Carl Klingberg​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

77 Victor Hedman "A"​

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6 Anton StrÃ¥lman​

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5 Philip Holm​

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25 Jonas Brodin​

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24 Alexander Edler​

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3 John Klingberg​

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Starter​

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Backup​

31 Eddie Läck​

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30 Viktor Fasth​

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Scratched​

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Details​

D 23 Oliver Ekman Larsson​

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Injured​

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Finland
Unconfirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

19 Veli-Matti Savinainen​

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51 Valtteri Filppula "A"​

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96 Mikko Rantanen​

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37 Mika Pyörälä​

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20 Sebastian Aho​

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39 Jesse Puljujärvi​

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41 Antti Pihlström​

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23 Joonas Kemppainen​

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50 Juhamatti Aaltonen​

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62 Oskar Osala​

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24 Jani Lajunen​

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33 Markus Hännikäinen​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

55 Atte Ohtamaa​

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60 Julius Honka​

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6 Topi Jaakola "A"​

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47 Ville Lajunen​

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4 Mikko Lehtonen​

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38 Juuso Hietanen​

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36 Joonas Järvinen​

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5 Lasse Kukkonen "C"​

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Starter​

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Backup​

70 Joonas Korpisalo​

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29 Harri Säteri​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 31 Joni Ortio​

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Healthy​

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F 15 Miro Aaltonen​

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Healthy​

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F 40 Tomi Sallinen​

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Healthy​

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Game Officials​

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Referee​

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Referee​

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Linesman​

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Linesman​

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[mattihp]

No Bäckström for Sweden? What have I missed?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

No Bäckström for Sweden? What have I missed?

Not up to date

 

[Lempo]

No Bäckström for Sweden? What have I missed?

King Henrik in the popcorn box.

 

[mattihp]

King Henrik in the popcorn box.

That doesn't mean that much, in the Tre kronor jersey he is only good in decisive games.

OH FUDGE!

 

[torniojaws]

Puljujärvi was injured in the morning ice. Miro Aaltonen will likely take his place. Might even be an improvement actually.

 

[jfc64]

Player stats: (finns in bold)

William Nylander (C/RW) Sweden 8 6 6 12 1.50 2 10
Nicklas Bäckström (C) Sweden 3 2 2 4 1.33 4 5
Sebastian Aho (W/C) Finland 8 2 7 9 1.13 4 -2
Mikko Rantanen (W/C) Finland 8 3 5 8 1.00 0 1
Elias Lindholm (C/RW) Sweden 8 5 2 7 0.88 8 3
Victor Rask (C) Sweden 8 2 5 7 0.88 0 3
Veli-Matti Savinainen (LW/RW) Finland 8 2 4 6 0.75 0 -3
Dennis Everberg (LW/RW) Sweden 4 2 1 3 0.75 0 2
Oscar Lindberg (C) Sweden 3 0 2 2 0.67 0 5
Gabriel Landeskog (LW) Sweden 8 2 3 5 0.63 2 7
Valtteri Filppula (C/W) Finland 8 2 2 4 0.50 10 -2
Tomi Sallinen (C) Finland 4 1 1 2 0.50 2 0
Juhamatti Aaltonen (RW) Finland 4 0 2 2 0.50 0 2
Linus Omark (LW) Sweden 5 2 0 2 0.40 2 0
Markus Hännikäinen (LW) Finland 8 2 1 3 0.38 2 4
William Karlsson (C) Sweden 8 1 2 3 0.38 0 7
Joel Eriksson Ek (C/LW) Sweden 8 1 2 3 0.38 2 5
Oskar Osala (LW/RW) Finland 8 1 2 3 0.38 14 1
Carl Klingberg (RW) Sweden 6 1 1 2 0.33 4 -1
Joakim Nordström (LW/RW) Sweden 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 2
Jani Lajunen (C) Finland 8 1 1 2 0.25 2 1
Joel Lundqvist (C) Sweden 8 1 1 2 0.25 4 2
Joonas Kemppainen (C) Finland 8 1 1 2 0.25 0 0
Marcus Krüger (C) Sweden 8 0 2 2 0.25 6 2
Mika Pyörälä (W/C) Finland 8 0 2 2 0.25 4 1
Antti Pihlström (LW/RW) Finland 8 0 2 2 0.25 6 1
Carl Söderberg (C/LW) Sweden 8 0 1 1 0.13 2 2
Jesse Puljujärvi (RW) Finland 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 0
Miro Aaltonen (C/W) Finland 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 -4

Oliver Ekman Larsson (D) Sweden 6 2 2 4 0.67 2
John Klingberg (D) Sweden 8 1 4 5 0.63 2 7
Philip Holm (D) Sweden 5 1 2 3 0.60 0 3
Anton Strålman (D) Sweden 8 0 4 4 0.50 4 6
Juuso Hietanen (D) Finland 8 2 1 3 0.38 0 -1
Victor Hedman (D) Sweden 8 1 2 3 0.38 4 6
Jonas Brodin (D) Sweden 8 1 2 3 0.38 6 6
Alexander Edler (D) Sweden 8 1 2 3 0.38 4 5
Ville Lajunen (D) Finland 8 1 2 3 0.38 0 3
Julius Honka (D) Finland 8 1 2 3 0.38 2 -1
Atte Ohtamaa (D) Finland 8 1 1 2 0.25 18 3
Joonas Järvinen (D) Finland 5 0 1 1 0.20 10 1
Topi Jaakola (D) Finland 8 1 0 1 0.13 2 0
Mikko Lehtonen (D) Finland 8 1 0 1 0.13 0 -3
Lasse Kukkonen (D) Finland 6 0 0 0 0.00 10 -1

Harri Säteri Finland 4 1.81 .921
Henrik Lundqvist Sweden 3 1.67 .921
Viktor Fasth Sweden 4 2.21 .906
Joonas Korpisalo Finland 5 3.30 .873
Eddie Läck Sweden 1 0.00 1.000

 

[Phil McKraken]

Omark - "I've always hated Finland".

http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/omark-jag-har-alltid-hatat-finland/

That's the spirit!

 

[jfc64]

Club stats: (finns in bold)

NHL
Nicklas Bäckström (C) Washington Capitals 77 23 60 83 1.08 36 16
William Nylander (C/W) Toronto Maple Leafs 75 21 37 58 0.77 32 2
Elias Lindholm (C/RW) Carolina Hurricanes 66 11 32 43 0.65 16 -2
Sebastian Aho (W/C) Carolina Hurricanes 82 24 25 49 0.60 26 -1
Joel Eriksson Ek (C) Minnesota Wild 10 3 3 6 0.60 2 3
Victor Rask (C) Carolina Hurricanes 76 16 27 43 0.57 12 -6
Valtteri Filppula (C/W) totals 79 12 30 42 0.53 26 -1
Mikko Rantanen (W/C) Colorado Avalanche 75 20 18 38 0.51 22 -25
Gabriel Landeskog (LW) Colorado Avalanche 67 15 14 29 0.43 60 -22
William Karlsson (C) Columbus Blue Jackets 76 6 18 24 0.32 4 10
Oscar Lindberg (C) New York Rangers 65 8 12 20 0.31 32 2
Jesse Puljujärvi (RW) Edmonton Oilers 28 1 7 8 0.29 10 5
Marcus Krüger (C) Chicago Blackhawks 66 4 11 15 0.23 34 6
Carl Söderberg (C/LW) Colorado Avalanche 75 6 8 14 0.19 22 -24
Joakim Nordström (LW/RW) Carolina Hurricanes 76 6 5 11 0.14 17 -9

Victor Hedman (D) Tampa Bay Lightning 79 16 56 72 0.91 47 3
John Klingberg (D) Dallas Stars 80 13 36 49 0.61 34 2
Oliver Ekman Larsson (D) Arizona Coyotes 79 12 27 39 0.49 48 -25
Jonas Brodin (D) Minnesota Wild 68 3 22 25 0.37 20 5
Alexander Edler (D) Vancouver Canucks 68 6 15 21 0.31 36 -20
Julius Honka (D) Dallas Stars 16 1 4 5 0.31 4 -4
Anton Strålman (D) Tampa Bay Lightning 73 5 17 22 0.30 20 1
Markus Hännikäinen (LW) Columbus Blue Jackets 10 1 1 2 0.20 6 0

Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers 57 2.74 .910
Joonas Korpisalo Columbus Blue Jackets 14 2.88 .905
Eddie Läck Carolina Hurricanes 20 2.64 .902


KHL
Linus Omark (LW) Salavat Yulaev Ufa 55 14 42 56 1.02 38 -6
Miro Aaltonen (C/W) Vityaz Podolsk 59 19 25 44 0.75 38 -4
Oskar Osala (LW/RW) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 60 14 14 28 0.47 53 20
Joonas Kemppainen (C) Sibir Novosibirsk 60 11 12 23 0.38 22 -8
Antti Pihlström (LW/RW) Jokerit 27 3 5 8 0.30 10 -3
Tomi Sallinen (C) Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Kunlun Red Star 49 8 5 13 0.27 18 -5

Juuso Hietanen (D) Dynamo Moskva 57 12 18 30 0.53 22
Topi Jaakola (D) Jokerit 55 3 16 19 0.35 37 -19
Ville Lajunen (D) Jokerit 53 10 6 16 0.30 16 -6
Joonas Järvinen (D) Kunlun Red Star 42 4 7 11 0.26 34 -1
Atte Ohtamaa (D) Ak Bars Kazan 55 2 10 12 0.22 10 8

Harri Säteri Vityaz Podolsk 42 2.50 .929
Viktor Fasth CSKA Moskva 21 1.69 .929


Liiga/SHL/NLA
Veli-Matti Savinainen (LW/RW) Tappara 55 30 26 56 1.02 36 15
Mika Pyörälä (W/C) Kärpät 60 26 29 55 0.92 20 15
Juhamatti Aaltonen (RW) HIFK 52 19 20 39 0.75 28 1
Dennis Everberg (LW/RW) Växjö Lakers HC 52 18 19 37 0.71 53 15
Jani Lajunen (C) Tappara 59 14 21 35 0.59 22 5
Carl Klingberg (RW) EV Zug 47 13 14 27 0.57 52 -1
Joel Lundqvist (C) Frölunda HC 51 9 17 26 0.51 24 1

Mikko Lehtonen (D) KooKoo 43 6 19 25 0.58 20 -11
Lasse Kukkonen (D) Kärpät 48 7 15 22 0.46 26 17
Philip Holm (D) Växjö Lakers HC 52 4 17 21 0.40 30 24

 

[Brun0]

Omark - "I've always hated Finland".

http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/omark-jag-har-alltid-hatat-finland/

That's the spirit!

Yeah swedes care more about this game than we do. They just say it the other way around because they don't wanna admit it.

For us, Russia is the greater challenge

 

[LiveeviL]

Finland will play a trap game as much as they haven't played it since the winter -39.

 

[Noutaja]

2-0 for Sweden. The second goal is obviously into empty net. Most of the game spent battling on the boards and in the midfield. Only few quality chances for either team.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Puljujärvi was injured in the morning ice.

What happened?

 

[urho]

Puljujärvi was injured in the morning ice. Miro Aaltonen will likely take his place. Might even be an improvement actually.

Aaltonen has been very invisible in this tournament. Puljujärvi not so much but hasn't gotten any points... So, doesn't matter who plays.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

Swedes should take it in theory, but the Finns are unpredictable and could take it as well.

 

[Exarz]

So it's 1-0 Sweden

 

[torniojaws]

What happened?

He crashed into a goal post during some drills. The news doesn't say where he got hit though.

 

[ijuka]

He crashed into a goal post during some drills. The news doesn't say where he got hit though.

Well if he was limping I'd have to imagine it's got something to do with his leg.


BTW, I predict Sweden to win in a landslide. William Nylander has a hat trick and Nicklas Bäckström is 1+3.

 

[Esko6]

Finland has played exactly one great period in the whole tournament.

Yeah, I don't see this ending well.

 

[Pi]

GO NYLANDER! Add some more highlight reel goals.

 

[Opak]

Iltasanomat (a Finnish tabloid) threw some serious banter out there...

 

[QnebO]

Ville Nylander mentioned above Tge Next Peltonen

 

[Phil McKraken]

For us, Russia is the greater challenge

Good to know.

 

[fouba]

i hate it how the finnish hockey fans who have been doing nothing but talking **** for past weeks are now again ready to celebrate, they dont deserve it, we dont deserve it. this team should not have gone this far what the ****

gonna watch and enjoy good luck brother sweden!

 

[21]

For us, Russia is the greater challenge

Well, for us Canada is the greater challenge.