"We're used to dressing six [defencemen], 12 [forwards]. You never have this question in the NHL. We didn't have it in the 4 Nations. So, it's the format that offers us the possibility to have an extra 'D,' an extra forward on the bench, and if we wouldn't dress seven and 13 and get an early injury, I would look pretty stupid."
"It's not the first time,"
"I'm here to support my team, and I'm here to play if they need me to play, so we're going to need everybody that's here to kind of pull together and be on the same page, and that's where we are."
Sweden meets arch-rival Finland in a pivotal preliminary-round game with William Nylander leading Sweden's offense. Oliver Ekman-Larsson dressed but did not play in Sweden's opener and is expected to serve as the seventh defenceman again, providing injury coverage under tournament rules that allow seven defencemen and 13 forwards. Slovakia beat Finland 4-1, leaving Sweden and Slovakia tied for the Group B lead while Finland risks dropping to the bottom with another loss. Czechia, after a 5-0 loss to Canada, faces France. Canada plays Switzerland in a likely Group A decider, with Switzerland led by Nico Hischier, Roman Josi, Timo Meier and J.J. Moser.
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