Tuesday provided a pair of do-or-die matchups for two teams at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey from Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
In Group B, Finland needed to beat Sweden to have a realistic shot of staying alive in the tournament, while the United States will have to beat Canada later on Tuesday night to ensure that it would still have a chance of making it out of Group A.
Here are the updated results from Tuesday:
Sweden 2, Finland 0
In a rematch of the 2014 Winter Olympic semifinals from Sochi, Russia, a second-period goal from Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman lifted Sweden to a 2-0 win past its rival Finland on Tuesday.
It was a story of the goaltenders for most of the game. Finland's Tuukka Rask, who plays for the Boston Bruins, along with Sweden and New York Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist, stopped a combined 61 of 62 shots.
Through the first 30 minutes of the game, the two stopped all 25 shots that came their way.
The lack of scoring had Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski looki ...
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