The United States team lost their first game in the 4 nations game on Monday evening, falling against Sweden, 2-1, at Boston TD Garden.
However, despite imperfections on the record, they will still play in the league match Thursday evening in the same arena against Canada, which they defeated, 3-1 on Saturday.
The USA team was not at full power in this match, because Matthew Tkachuk was absent from the bench with a lower body injury. Auston Matthews also took the night to fight a disease.
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The Suède team striker Adrian Kempe (10) and the defender of the American team Zach Werenski (8) fight for the washer in front of the goalkeeper Jake Ottinger (30) in the second in a game of ice hockey 4 nations at TD Garden. (Images Bob Dechiara-Imagn)
In addition, his brother, Brady, was injured at the start of the first period during an attack in the Sweden area, which deserves to be monitored before this match for the title against Canada.
However, it was the United States on the table first thanks to Chris Kreider, the star of the New York Rangers, who scored his first goal of the tournament.
Kreider had not yet played in the tournament, but was necessary with the number of transactions. And he did not waste time getting involved, marking before a minute that checked the first period clock.
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Zach Werenski had obtained a pass from Jack Eichel and fired a shot on the net that was saved by Samuel Ersson, but the deviation went directly to Kreider’s stick. Kreider wasted no time, at one time the deviation to find the back of the net.
But Sweden made sure to take the lead in the locker room after the first period after Jesper Bratt sparked its first goal from the tournament with only 56 seconds to play.
This goal gave the advance in Sweden after Gustav Nyquist also equalized things with his first goal of the tournament.
The second and third periods are both aimed, but the United States team threatened at the end of the third when Jake Oetinger was recalled on the bench to allow an additional American striker on the ice.
The Swedish team striker Jesper Bratt (63) is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a goal during the first period in an ice hockey match of the 4 nations against Team USA at TD Garden. (Images Bob Dechiara-Imagn)
Several chances were seen with the 6 against 5, but Sweden was able to thwart any return from the United States to set out again.
Before this match, Sweden had lost against Canada and Finland in overtime, which gave them two points in total.
This can be a loss, but Team USA will be opposed to Team Canada in what should be another burning confrontation after what happened during the weekend.
Three fights broke out in nine seconds, while players in the United States opposed the Montreal crowd which is hiding at “The Star-Spangled Banner”. Canada was on the dashboard first thanks to Connor McDavid, but Team USA responded with three goals unanswered to win the rivalry match.
The striker of the Sweden team Leo Carlsson (91) controls the park while the defender of the American team Brock Faber (14) defends during the second period in a 4 -country ice hockey match at TD Garden. (Images Bob Dechiara-Imagn)
Now the scene will be Boston for this championship fight, and Canada, which beat Finland, 5-3, earlier on Sunday, will seek a certain revenge and ultimate boastful rights before the start of the SNH season.
