After cruising through the preliminary round of the World Championship unblemished, Sweden's gold-medal dreams were dashed in a harsh way Saturday. And Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond expressed his frustrations near the end of the game against a former teammate. Former Red Wings forward Dominik Kubalik scored a pair of goals and host Czechia stunned Sweden 7-3 in a semifinal game in Prague. Czechia will face Switzerland for the gold medal on Sunday (2:20 p.m. ET, NHL Network). Switzerland defeated Canada 3-2 in a shootout in the other semifinal, Sweden and Canada will meet for the bronze medal at 9:20 ET, also on NHL Network. Sweden had gone 8-0 through the quarterfinals, outscoring opponents
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 |