United States blanks Denmark in men's world hockey opener; Elias Lindholm, David Pastrnak key wins
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Gauthier opened the scoring from the slot with 2:08 left in the opening period. Cooley doubled the advantage on a power play, Beniers added on a rebound in the middle period and Lohrei made it 4-0 from the point midway through the final period. Beniers one-timed a slap shot for his second with 3:44 remaining.
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In Stockholm, Sweden shut out Slovakia, 5-0, in Group A play to delight the home crowd. Mikael Backlund, Leo Carlsson, and Jonas Brodin scored 8:37 apart in the second part of the opening period to give Sweden a commanding 3-0 lead.
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The Bruins' Elias Lindholm stretched it to 4-0 in the second and Mika Zibanejad finished it off in the final period.
Backlund and Lindholm added an assist each.
Elias Lindholm strengthens the lead for
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Sweden won the championship when it last took place in Stockholm, in 2013.
Defending champion Czech Republic earlier prevailed in overtime to beat Switzerland, 5-4, in a rematch of last year's final.
Roman Cervenka scored the winner 2:30 into overtime from the left circle after David Pastrnak fed him with his second assist.
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Czech Lukas Sedlak tied the game at 4 on a rebound on a power play with 3:47 left to force overtime.
Fanoušci, díky! Byli jste boží v aréně v Herningu i doma u televizních obrazovek! 👍
V neděli jdeme znovu do boje. ⚔️
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Matej Stransky, Filip Zadina, and Filip Pyrochta also scored for the Czechs, who beat the Swiss, 2-0, in the final last year in Prague.
Christian Marti, Damien Riat, Sandro Schmid, and Sven Andrighetto scored for Switzerland.
In Stockholm, Finland topped Austria, 2-1.
The tournament is the final men's international test before the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, where NHL players return to the Olympics after 12 years.
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