Channel One Cup - Day 2

19 Dec 2020 | Henrik Lundqvist

Russia wins again. Sweden beat Finland.

Russia followed up Thursday's shootout win against Sweden with a 4-1 victory over the Czechs. Two points against Finland tomorrow will secure the home tournament win even if Sweden beats Czech Republic in the early game.

Russia got a great start with goals by Anton Burdasov and Andrei Kuzmenko in the first ten minutes. Lukas Sedlak scored the only Czech goal of the day later in the first period. Maxim Mamin scored twice in the third period for the final score of 4-1. The last goal was scored in the empty net.

Russia

4-1

Czech Republic

Periods:
Shots:

2-1
(6-11)

0-0
(5-13)

2-0
(12-10)

06:54	1-0	A. Burdasov (Samorukov, Ozhiganov)
09:44	2-0	Andrei Kuzmenko (Morozov)
15:11	2-1	Lukas Sedlak (Lenc, Sklenička)
40:50	3-1	Maxim Mamin (Marchenko, Chibisov)
57:08	4-1	Maxim Mamin

Finland started the game against Sweden best and dominated the first period. But thanks to the goaltending of Anders Lindbäck the game was still scoreless after the first period. In the second period Sweden played better and Oscar Lindberg scored twice. Jesper Frödén made it 3-0 at 47:34. The only Finnish goal was scored by Teemu Turunen on the powerplay but then only 3:32 remained of the third period.Mario Kempe could score an empty netter for 4-1.

Finland

1-4

Sweden

Periods:
Shots:

0-0
(12-6)

0-2
(4-8)

1-2
(5-7)

29:31	0-1	Oscar Lindberg (Kempe, Pettersson)
37:27	0-2	Oscar Lindberg (Holm, Åberg)
47:34	0-3	Jesper Frödén (Berggren, Wingerli)
56:28	1-3	Teemu Turunen (Pesonen, Kaski)
59:27	1-4	Mario Kempe

Tomorrow Sweden play Czech Republic in the early game and then Russia will play Finland. Russia, Sweden and Finland still have the chance of winning the tournament.