It was a pad-the-stats kind of day as the Swedes found the back of the net with regularity to improve their Group B record top 2-0. The loss leaves Germany with a 0-1-0-1 record.
Sweden has now started its tournament by scoring 19 goals in its first two games, their most ever. They had 15 in both 2012 and 2013.
Sweden is right back at it tomorrow in a marquee matchup against the hosts Americans, and the Germans have a day off before facing Switzerland on Sunday.
It didn’t take long for Sweden to tickle the twine with the fresh ice from the game’s start. Jakob His Wozniak danced around Niclas Hempel before firing a shot past Bartholomaus Oswald at 5:23. The Swede continued to pepper Oswald with shots but couldn’t get another until eight minutes later, on a power play.
Ivar Stenberg converted a nice pass from Viktor Klingsell. This was all the scoring in the first despite a 24-2 shots advantage, a clear reflection of Sweden’s dominance and Oswald’s ability to keep the Germans in the game.
But the game opened in the second to deleterious effect for Germany. His Wozniak got his second at 2:16 after another turnover, and 22 seconds later it was 4-0 with a Milton Gastrin goal on the power play. Just 57 seconds later, Viggo Bjorck flew around Felix Kruger, who had a tough game for Germany, making it three goals in 85 seconds.
Germany made it 5-1 less than a minute later on a power play and delayed penalty, Maxim Schafer banging the puck in from close range. Sweden coach Thomas Paananen challenged the play for goalie interference, and was overruled. Germany converted again on the ensuing power play, Dustin Willhoft the goalscorer.
These goals and the penalties cooled Sweden’s jets for several minutes, but soon enough they were back at it, scoring three more in the second half of the period. Theo Stockselius got one off a Filip Ekberg pass, and 17 seconds later Morgan Anderberg made it 7-2. Klingsell added another later in the period on another power play.
German coach Patrick Reimer put Aaron Kaiser in goal to start the third, and just 16 seconds later he surrendered his first goal, to Bjorck, after a pass from Eric Nilson in the corner.
Germany notched their third at 8:12 just after Sweden penalty had expired, Moritz Warnecke’s long shot fooling Mans Goos in the Sweden…
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