Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond scored a goal and added an assist Monday and Sweden remained perfect at the World Championship with a 3-1 victory over France. Sweden, the lone unblemished team in the tournament at 6-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L, 18 points) clinched the first seed in Group B, leading the United States by five points with one game remaining in the preliminary round. Raymond opened the scoring at 8:00 of the second period, skating the puck into the slot and whipping a wrist shot between a defender's skates and past the goaltender on the short side. Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins) snapped a 1-1 tie at 1:29 of the third period. Andre Burakovsky scored an empty-net goal, from Raymond,
GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | |
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82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 110 | |
82 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 109 | |
82 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 102 | |
82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 98 | |
82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | |
82 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 84 | |
82 | 37 | 41 | 4 | 78 | |
82 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 76 |