In Group B, where the Latvian national team is playing, the United States defeated Sweden 3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) in Tampere.
In the third minute, Rasmuss Dalins put the Swedes in the lead.
The Americans played and took the lead with Edam Godet’s goal in the eighth minute and the second goal scored by Neith Smith 62 seconds before the break – 2: 1.
In the 47th minute, the Swedes equalized the score when Karl Grundström scored 2: 2 and had to play overtime.
The winning goal was scored 12 seconds before the end of extra time by Godet, who took the third goal to score.
Thomas Tinen scored two assists and 20 goals from Sweden.
In the Swedish national team goal, Linus Ulmarks repulsed 21 out of 24 shots.
Finland’s match against Austria will take place at 16.20, and the Czech Republic and Norway will face each other at 20.20. The second game of the day will be broadcast on the television channels “360TV” and “8TV”, but the third game – on the channel “360TV hockey”.
In group B, the leader with 13 points in five games is Finland, followed by Sweden with 12 points. The United States is in third place with ten points, while the Czech Republic is in fourth place with seven points in four dues. Latvia and Norway, who have won five and four fights, follow with five points, Austria have four points in five games, while Great Britain has scored.
On Sunday, Latvia will play against the British hockey players for the first time in the world championship, but the group tournament will end on Tuesday with a match against Sweden.
Meanwhile, in Group A in Helsinki, Denmark beat France with 3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0).
Peter Regins revealed the result in the 17th minute, but Joachim Blihfeld doubled the difference in the majority in the 26th minute – 2: 0.
One and a half minutes before the end of the match, Julian Jacobsen threw the puck into an empty opponent’s goal.
The winners were scored by Markuss Lauridsen and Frederick Storms with two assists, but Sebastian Dam repelled all 19 opponents.
French goalkeeper Henri Corentin Baises handled 27 of 29 shots.
Denmark has moved closer to the playoffs, but France has only a theoretical possibility.
The teams of Canada and Switzerland will meet in the second match of the group at 16.20, but Italy and Slovakia will compete at the end of the day. The second game of the day will be broadcast by “360TV hockey”, but the final game of the day will be shown on the 7th channel of Latvian Television (LTV7).
In the Helsinki group, Canada and Switzerland have 12 points in four games, as well as five battles for Germany. Denmark has nine points in five battles, Slovakia has six points, France has five points, Italy has one point and Kazakhstan is still.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) suspended all Russian and Belarusian teams and clubs from competitions organized by the IIHF. Russia and Belarus will be replaced by France and Austria, which ranked the highest selection of countries not expected to play in the top division.
The 16 teams participating in the tournament are divided into two groups, eight units each, which guarantees seven games for each team in the subgroup competition. After one round of group matches, the four best teams in each subgroup will continue to fight for medals in the quarterfinals, while the weakest teams in the tournament will leave the strongest division last year, with Slovenia and Hungary in the top 16 next year.
The 2022 World Championships in Finland will run until May 29.
