First win for Denmark

13 May 2014 | Henrik Lundqvist

Denmark beat Italy 4-1 to earn the first win of the 2014 World Championship in Minsk.

A Danish loss today and they would really have been in trouble in Group A of the World Championship. But the win today was in the end quite easy. Denmark outshot Italy 31-13.

It took less than three minutes for Denmark to get the lead. Jesper Jensen beat Daniel Bellissimo on a rebound. Diego Kostner tied it with the only Italian goal of the day at 12:15.

One of the Danish NHL players - Jannik Hansen of Vancouver Canucks - made it 2-1 for Denmark while playing shorthanded.

Emil Kristensen's 3-1 goal only 29 seconds later killed the game. The veteran Kim Staal added an empty net goal to secure the first Danish win in Minsk.

Both teams will have a difficult task in the next game. Italy will play Czech Republic tomorrow. Denmark's next game is on Thursday against Russia.

Group A

#	Club	G	W	W-OT	L-OT	L	Score	P
1	Canada	3	2	0	1	0	10:7	7
2	Norway	2	2	0	0	0	7:3	6
3	Sweden	2	1	1	0	0	7:3	5
4	France	3	1	1	0	1	9:7	5
5	Czech Republic	3	0	1	1	1	9:10	3
6	Denmark	3	1	0	0	2	7:8	3
7	Italy	3	1	0	0	2	3:8	3
8	Slovakia	3	0	0	1	2	6:12	1

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