The US team lost its first game in the confrontation of the 4 nations on Monday night, falling against Sweden, 2-1, at the TD Garden in Boston.
However, despite the stain in the record, they will still play in the championship game on Thursday night at the same sand against Canada, whom they defeated, 3-1, Saturday.
The United States team was not in full force in this confrontation, since Matthew Tkachuk was absent from the bank with an injury at the bottom of the body. Auston Matthews also took the night free to fight a disease.
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The striker of the Swedish team Adrian Kempe (10) and the US team defense Nations in TD Garden. (Images Bob Dichiara-Imagn)
In addition, his brother, Brady, was injured early in the first period during an attack in the Sweden area, which is worth monitoring in that title game against Canada.
Even so, it was the United States on the board first thanks to Chris Kreider, the New York Rangers star, who scored his first goal from the tournament.
Kreider had not played in the tournament yet, but it was necessary with the number of strikers. And he did not waste time getting involved, noting before a minute marked the first clock.
The Canadian National Anthem of the Boston Boos crowd after the US team
Zach Werenski had received a pass from Jack Eichel and took a shot on the network that was saved by Samuel Ersson, but the deviation was direct to the Kreider stick. Kreider wasting any time, unified the deviation to find the background of the network.
But Sweden claimed to take the lead to the locker room after the first period after Jesper Bratt cut his first goal from the tournament with only 56 seconds to play.
That goal gave Sweden the advantage after Gustav Nyquist tied things before with his first goal of the tournament as well.
The second and third period did not score, but the US team was threatening at the end of the third when Jake Oettinger was called back to the bank to allow an additional attacker from the United States in the ice.
The striker of the Sweden team, Jesper Bratt (63), his teammates congratulate after scoring a goal during the first period in a 4 -nations ice hockey game against the US team. Uu. In TD Garden. (Images Bob Dichiara-Imagn)
Multiple possibilities were seen with the 6 against 5, but Sweden could frustrate any return from the United States to get out with his first victory of the tournament.
Before this confrontation, Sweden had lost to Canada and Finland in extra time, which gave them two points in total.
It can be a loss, but the US team will face Team Canada in what is expected to be another burning shock after what happened during the weekend.
There were three fights in nine seconds, since the United States players made an exception to the multitude of Montreal booing during “The Star-Spangled Banner”. Canada arrived on the scoreboard first thanks to Connor McDavid, but the USA team responded with three unanswered goals to win the rivalry game.
Sweden team striker Leo Carlsson (91) control In TD Garden. (Images Bob Dichiara-Imagn)
Now, the scene will be Boston for this championship fight, and Canada, who defeated Finland, 5-3, earlier on Sunday, he will look for some revenge and the best rights to blush before the second half of the season of The NHL.
