Crew USA took the ice in Boston for the primary time on Monday night, as they confronted Sweden to shut out the preliminary spherical of the 4 Nations Face-Off. Each groups have been coping with accidents and illness, as Matthew Tkachuk (USA), Auston Matthews (USA), Charlie McAvoy (USA), Rickard Rakell (SWE) and Mika Zibanejad (SWE) have been all out.
Nonetheless, it was an vital match. For Sweden, they regarded to win their first best-on-best recreation in 3,082 days (2016 World Cup of Hockey, 6-3 win over Finland). For the Individuals, they regarded to stay undefeated and get their first win at dwelling…and most significantly, keep wholesome for the ultimate on Thursday. In the end, it was the Swedes who got here out victorious as they edged out the States, 2-1. Sam Ersson stopped 31 of 32 in an amazing effort.
Simply 35 seconds into the competition, Chris Kreider banged dwelling a rebound to present the U.S. a 1-0 lead. It was his very first shift of the event. However the Swedes answered again as Gustav Nyquist redirected one previous Jake Oettinger to tie it. Then with lower than a minute to go within the body, Jesper Bratt wired a wrist shot in to present the Swedes a 2-1 lead.
Brady Tkachuk left the sport after crashing the online exhausting. He took a pair shifts afterwards, however didn’t return for the second interval. That might be an enormous blow if he can’t return for the ultimate.
Brady Tkachuk has went to the USA locker room after crashing into the online pic.twitter.com/gR8IqmJvrU
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) February 18, 2025
The second interval was backwards and forwards with some stable probabilities, however each goaltenders stood tall. Because it went on, you can inform that fatigue was beginning to think about for the Individuals, who have been enjoying with simply 10 forwards.
Within the third, the U.S. rang iron twice early, to lift their whole to 5 for the sport. They saved urgent however Sweden blocked some key photographs and prevented them from scoring with the additional attacker.
Now, the hockey world will set their eyes on Thursday’s last matchup between the US and Canada to wrap up the event.
