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Tatar's second stuns Sweden Team Europe eliminates Tre Kronor in OT, 3-2, off to finals Sweden and Team Europe were tied 1-1 after two periods of a tense game to determine who would play Canada in the finals. Tomas Tatar's second goal of the game, at 3:43 of overtime, gave Team Europe an incredible 3-2 win over Sweden to advance to the World Cup finals. The winning goal started with goalie Henrik Lundqvist throwing the puck around the boards where Mats Zuccarello cut it off and fired it towards the goal. Tatar controlled the puck with his skate and got off a quick shot before Lundqvist could recover. Sweden has yet to make another Canada Cup/World Cup finals since 1984. The first period passed almost without incident. Shots were 10-5 for the Swedes, but neither goalie had to make a great save. Team Europe went 20minutes without recording even one hit, perhaps a first in top-level hockey since that stat has been recorded. But play opened just a bit in the middle period. Tre Kronor got things going at 2:31 on a nice all-around play by Nicklas Backstrom. First, he won a faceoff in the Europe end and got the puck back to Anton Stralman at the point. Stralman beat his man inside the blue line and moved down the boards, firing a quick snap shot on goal. Halak made the save but kicked the puck out to Backstrom who knocked it in for the 1-0 lead. But Team Europe, with all its international experience, was unfazed. Indeed, the team seemed to play more aggressively after that goal, coming close twice on a Sweden power play. Lundqvist denied Marian Hossa and Tobias Reider in quick succession. Late in the period, Team Europe managed the equalizer. Christian Ehrhoff skated behind the Sweden goal, but on the way he passed the puck in front to Marian Gaborik. Gaborik was surrounded by three Swedes and managed to get his stick on the pass only weakly, but the shot had enough momentum to squeeze between Lundqvist’s pads and over the goal line. Europe stunned the Swedes again by going ahead only 12 seconds into the third period. Right off the face-off Andrej Sekera spotted Tomas Tatar who fired a long shot that Lundqvist fumbled. Tatar roared in to collect his own rebound and beat the goalie before he was set. The Europeans then settled in and played a sound period, one in which they might have gone up two goals but for a nice save by Lundqvist on a Thomas Vanek breakaway. Just when it looked like the Euros were headed to the finals, though, Erik Karlsson's quick point shot was tipped in front and beat Halak with only 4:32 to tie the game, 2-2. That set the stage for NHL-style unlimited overtime.

Sweden - Team Europe 2-3 (OT)

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Absolute choke !!! Team of absolute underdogs. A mixed team of SlovakoGermanoDenmarSwitzerlanAustriNorwaSloveniFrance advance to Final of the World cup. Just crazy ! btw all 3 todays goals scored by slovaks Marián Gáborík and the hero Tomáš Tatár + another fantastic performance of Jaroslav Halák in the net. Team Europe will play the World cup final

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D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Eriksson Forsberg - Backstrom - Hornqvist Hagelin - Kruger - Silfverberg Landeskog - Berglund - Soderberg Ekholm - Karlsson Hedman - Stralman Ekman-Larsson - Hjalmarsson Lundqvist (Markstrom) Scratched: Lindholm, Backlund, Enroth Team Europe Tatar - Kopitar - Hossa Gáborík - Nielsen - Zuccarello Rieder - Draisaitl - Niederreiter Vanek - Bellemare - Hansen Sekera - Chára Josi - Seidenberg Streit - Ehrhoff Halák (Greiss ) Scratched: Boedker , Sbisa , Grubauer

Canada - Russia 5-3 HIGHLIGHTS

Crosby impossibly brilliant Canada solves Bobrovski with 3rd-period barrage, wins 5-3 Sidney Crosby scores a goal in the first period of another classic Canada-Russia showdown. Canada broke open a tense and thrilling 2-2 tie with three goals in the third period to defeat Russia 5-3 and advance to the best-of-three World Cup finals starting Tuesday night. The team was led by captain Sidney Crosby who was brilliant, and then some. He opened the scoring with a gem, added two fantastic assists on goals by Brad Marchand, and carried the team to victory. The only reason the score was close was the sensational goaltending of Sergei Bobrovski, but in the third he proved merely human as his mates in front of him offered little support. Canada has now advanced to the finals of every Canada Cup/World Cup (eight events) going back to the inaugural tournament in 1976. The Russians, however, haven't been in a finals since the classic 1987 tourney when they were still the Soviet Union. The only goal of the opening period was a thing of wonder concocted by Crosby. He went deep into the corner to force Alexei Marchenko to make a quick pass, which he did, to Dmitri Kulikov. Kulikov, however, mishandled the puck. Crosby went right at him, stripped him of it, and from close range deked Bobrovski out of his equipment before backhanding the puck into the open net at 7:40. "They made a little reverse to the middle," Crosby recalled. "I think he [Kulikov] might have over-skated it a little bit or just lost it for a quick second and picked his head up and I was able to get my stick on it. So, I had a little bit more time than you typically get, but I was happy to see it go in." It was a highlight reel, vintage, spectacular, incredible goal from Canada’s captain. Over and above Crosby’s heroics, both goalies came up with big saves, Price proving to be in mid-season form and Bobrovski denying a one-timer by Steven Stamkos—on a feed from Crosby—during a power play. He also stoned Shea Weber on a short-handed breakaway. When teams came out to start the second, who knew that this would become not only the best period of the tournament but one of the best 20 minutes of hockey you will ever see? Canada dominated, outshooting, outchancing, outplaying Russia, and after more than eight minutes the Russians hadn’t registered a shot on goal. But Bobrovski was Tretiakian in goal, making saves with his pad, blocker, glove to keep the score 1-0. Russia seemed to be playing rope-a-dope, and at 8:47, they got their chance. Jay Bouwmeester made an ill-advised pinch at the Russian blue line, and Nikita Kucherov stole the puck and raced down the right wing on a two-on-one. No need to pass. He rang a quick shot off the far post and in, stunning the crowd and making it a 1-1 game. The Canadians continued their attack but could not beat Bobrovski. Ryan Getzlaf blasted a hard shot off the crossbar, and then Russia struck again. Yevgeni Dadonov did some nice work with the puck behind the net, and got it out to Yevgeni Kuznetsov, who batted the bouncing puck in at 16:24. A minute later, though Crosby did his thing again, stealing the puck from in close and passing right away to Brad Marchand, who had the open side to hit. It concluded a riveting period. Shots favoured Canada, 33-15, but after 40 minutes it was a 2-2 game. "It was a big goal because we felt like we were controlling the play and doing a lot of good things and we were down, 2-1," Crosby suggested. "So, to be able to get that one back pretty quickly, go into the third even, and especially the way we were playing, we believed we were going to score. But anything can happen sometimes, so it was nice to get that." Canada's experience and patience paid off in spades. Unruffled by Bobrovski, they continued to get pucks to the net, and were rewarded. Marchand scored his second on a long shot just 1:16 in, one the goalie would like to have back. Corey Perry converted a rebound at 5:48, and John Tavares brought the puck to the net patiently before drilling a high shot in at 9:22 to make it 5-2 and give the fans some breathing room. "I [told the players] we're playing really well, just keep doing what we're doing, and there's no chance they can keep up if we keep doing what we're doing," Babcock said. "And in the end, that proved to be true." Artemi Panarin finished the scoring, knocking a puck in from the crease with 8.2 seconds left.

Canada - Russia 5-3

Czech Republic - United States 4-3 HIGHLIGHTS

Czechs earn a W for pride Winless Americans lose 4-3 in finale The Czechs salvaged some pride with a big win over the U.S. in the final game of the round robin. The Czech Republic scored three goals in the second period en route to a 4-3 win over the United States in the final game of the round-robin portion of the World Cup. It was a particularly difficult game for both teams. Whereas it looked to be a key game on the schedule before the tournament started, both teams lost their first two contests, rendering this meaningless in the standings. The players had their bags packed before the game, ready to go home or to their NHL training camps, knowing they hadn’t qualified for the weekend’s semi-finals. "The guys gave a true effort," coach John Tortorella said. "We played hard. We created some offence. Most of the game we did the things we wanted to do; we just couldn't score enough." "Obviously, it's different than when you're still playing for something," noted Czech defenceman Andrej Sustr. "But you still have to take pride in every game you play for the national team. That's what got everyone going. We're professionals; you can't just take a night off." Nonetheless, after a sluggish start, the Czechs and Americans gave it their all. The Czechs got on the board first at 12:44 when Zbynek Michalek wired a point shot past Bishop during a delayed penalty. Less than two minutes later, on a power play, Zach Parise made a nice feed to captain Joe Pavelski who buried the puck to tie the game. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the period was that Czech goalie Mrazek incurred two minor penalties, one for high sticking and another for roughing. The Czechs regained the lead at 6:03 of the second. Milan Michalek’s point shot was stopped by Bishop, but in the ensuing scramble in the crease Parise knocked the puck into his own goal. But again the U.S. tied the score. This time it was a sweet pass from Dustin Byfuglien along the boards to a wide open Justin Abdelkader. He had only to find the empty net to make it 2-2 at 14:13. The Czechs, though, struck for two late goals to take control. Jakub Voracek lost the puck to the side of the goal, but Michael Frolik took a wishful shot from the icing line that fooled Bishop. Just 39 seconds later, Milan Michalek got his second of the night on an odd-man rush, wiring across-ice pass from Ales Hemsky to make it 4-2. Ryan McDonagh brought the Americans to within a goal early in the third, scoring the first short-handed goal by any team so far at this year's tournament.

Czech Republic - USA 4-3

Palát - Plekanec - Pastrnák M. Michálek - Hanzal - Voráček Frolík - Sobotka - Hemský Jaškin - Birner Nakládal - Šustr Kempný - Polák Jordán - Z. Michálek Kundrátek Mrázek (Neuvirth) Scratched: Faksa (Injury), Červenka (Injury), Pavelec Parise - Pavelski - Oshie Van Riemsdyk - Stepan - Kane Pacioretty - Kesler - Wheeler Abdelkader - Dubinsky - Palmieri McDonagh - Niskanen Suter - Carlson J. Johnson - Byfuglien Bishop (Schneider) Scratched: Backes, E. Johnson, Quick

Russia - Finland 3-0 HIGHLIGHTS

So the semifinals are known. On Saturday 20:00 local time Canada vs Russia and on Sunday 13:00 local Time Sweden vs Team Europe the winners will advance to the big final. Remember the final will be played on a best of 3 matches serie. 1st game next Tuesday, the second one Thursday and if necessary the decisive third match on next Saturday.

Russians win 3-0, off to semis Young guns (unfortunately, for fans) going home Russia scored two quick goals in the second period to take control of the game versus Finland Team Russia scored two goals early in the second period to break a scoreless tie with Finland, skating to a 3-0 win and qualifying for a semi-finals showdown with Canada on Saturday night. The win eliminates Team North America, that hybrid group of Canadians and Americans under 24 years of age (as of October 1, 2016) that has captured the hearts of fans with their wide open, skill-first style of play. With the loss, Finland goes home with a winless record of 0-3 and being outscored 9-1, surely a disappointment for a team that won gold at the U18 and U20 last year as well as silver at the 2016 World Championship. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 21 shots in goal fro Russia to record the shutout. The scoreless first period was the result of a Finnish team that looked disinterested because it had already been eliminated and a Russian team that knew it had to win and wasn’t going to make an early mistake to jeopardize that chance. But early in the second, Mikael Granlund ripped a shot off the post behind Sergei Bobrovsky, and that perhaps was a wakeup call. Soon after Vladimir Tarasenko and Alex Ovechkin executed a nice give-and-go from in close, Tarasenko finishing things off at 3:42 to give Russia the goal it needed. Just 79 seconds later, they scored again. This time Leo Komarov made a bad giveaway from behind his goal, passing right onto the stick of Vadim Shipachev. He moved the puck quickly to Ivan Telegin, who deked Tuukka Rask from in tight. Grassland had another great chance from the crease later, but Bobrovsky got his glove out to make nice save. Evegni Malkin, quiet so far, made it 3-0 at 3:39 of the third when he snapped a shot short side, catching Rask by surprise and more or less salting the game away.

sure. no doubts about it at all Finland will have a very bright future. Pitty for this world cup, FIN was my dark horse here to remain the silver of last world cup,..but well, thats sport this time it didn´t worked.

Russia - Finland 3-0

well, without scoring you can not win very disappointing display of your scoring efficiency in this tournament. only 1 goal in 3 matches this is very very bad

so the hosts of the Euro 2020 are Which cities will host games? Munich (Germany) – three group matches and a quarter-final Baku (Azerbaijan) – three group matches and a quarter-final Rome (Italy) – three group matches and a quarter-final St Petersburg (Russia) – three group matches and a quarter-final Brussels (Belgium) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Copenhagen (Denmark) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Budapest (Hungary) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Amsterdam (Netherlands) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Dublin (Republic of Ireland) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Bucharest (Romania) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Glasgow (Scotland) – three group matches and a round of 16 match Bilbao (Spain) – three group matches and a round of 16 match London (England) – see below Where will the semi-finals and final be? The semi-finals and final of UEFA EURO 2020 will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, England. lol who will play the qualifiers ?

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko Panarin - Malkin - Kulemin Namestnikov - Shipachyov - Kucherov Telegin - Anisimov - Dadonov Orlov - Zaitsev Markov - Emelin Kulikov - Marchenko Bobrovsky (Varlamov) Scratched: Netserov, Vasilevskiy, Datsyuk (Lower Body Injury) Laine - Barkov - Aho Granlund - Koivu - Teravainen Jokinen - Filppula - Komarov Korpikoski - Lehtera - Donskoi Lepisto - Ristolainen Maatta - Vatanen Jokipakka - Pokka Rask (Rinne) Scratched: Koskinen, Haula, Lindell

This save of Halák yesterday at 0:32 ! stll can´t believe it https://cdn-e2.streamable.com/video/mp4-mobile/46jo.mp4

Canada - Team Europe 4-1 HIGHLIGHTS