Finland and Russia win in Moscow

The second game of the day was also a close one where Russia finally beat Sweden 4-3 after a shootout where Andrei Kuzmenko got the winner.

Sweden was in the lead twice. After a scoreless first period Pontus Åberg got his first goal for Tre Kronor with a bit of luck. The shot from Klas Dahlbäck touched a defender and then bounced off Åberg's back past Alexander Samonov in Russia's net. Andrei Kuzmenko tied it ten minutes later after a stunning passing combination with Ivan Morozov and Yegor Yakovlev.

Emil Pettersson took back the lead for Sweden at 46:36 but Nikita Soshnikov and Vadim Shipachyov scored in the middle of period three to take Russia ahead. Sweden tied it again with 4:27 remaining of regulation when Emil Larsson scored on a rebound.

After an overtime period with not much of action the game was decided in a shootout where Nikita Soshnikov and Andrei Kuzmenko scored for Russia while Emil Larsson got the only Swedish goal.

The tournament continues on Saturday with the games Finland - Sweden and Russia - Czech Republic.

24:12					1-0		Pontus Åberg (Dahlbäck, Rasmussen)
34:10					1-1		Andrei Kuzmenko (Morozov, Yakovlev)
46:36					2-1		Emil Pettersson (Åberg, Kempe)
49:17					2-2		Nikita Soshnikov (Yakovlev, Shipachyov)
50:44					2-3		Vadim Shipachyov (Chibisov, Morozov)
55:33					3-3		Emil Larsson (Fantenberg)
65:00					3-4		Kuzmenko