"Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander tallied a goal and an assist in the win, giving him four points through four games so far for Team Sweden. Los Angeles Kings forward Adrian Kempe opened the scoring a little over halfway into the first period, with Nylander picking up an assist on the tally, and 40 seconds later, Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog made it 2-0 with helpers from Lucas Raymond and Mika Zibanejad."
"It was perhaps a bit shocking to see Team Sweden participate in the play-off rounds as the seventh-seeded team in the tournament, but after a sizeable loss to Finland and a closer win than they'd probably like over Italy, Sweden finished third in their pool in the name of goal differential and found themselves up against Latvia in the play-offs."
"With the win, Sweden will face USA in an earlier-than-expected heavyweight matchup in the quarter finals, which means that one of Nylander/Oliver Ekman-Larsson or Auston Matthews will be going home early. While the States will be favoured in this game, and rightfully so, it could be anybody's game depending on who has the hotter hands that day. Canada, meanwhile, will face Czechia at 10:40 am eastern time for their quarter-final matchup."
Sweden entered the play-off rounds as the seventh-seeded team after a heavy loss to Finland and a narrow win over Italy, finishing third in their pool on goal differential. Sweden defeated Latvia 5-1 in the play-offs to advance to the quarter-finals. William Nylander recorded a goal and an assist, giving him four points in four games. Adrian Kempe and Gabriel Landeskog opened and extended the lead in the first period. Filip Forsberg and Mika Zibanejad added goals, while Eduards Tralmaks scored for Latvia. Nylander’s late goal ensured there would be no comeback attempt. Sweden will face the United States in the quarter-finals; Canada will face Czechia.
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