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Canada's Drake Batherson celebrates after scoring the 4-3 overtime winning goal in the quarter-final game against Sweden. photo: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF ...

With Driedger going back to the bench after the faceoff at centre ice, Canada went back to the attack and exactly 30 seconds later the game was tied. It was the only official shot on goal that was credited to Sweden in the middle frame. Nylander was called for tripping 25 seconds into overtime, and with the momentum all on their side, that was the opening the Canadians needed. We came in after the first and made a couple of little adjustments, and then our guys seemed to settle down.” With 3:52, the Canadians went to the power play when Rasmus Dahlin shot the puck over the glass. Canada’s best chance to score in the first two periods came late in its only power play, when Ullmark scrambled to stop a barrage of shots, finally holding and freezing a Batherson one-timer. Canada continued pushing, trying to get closer, but Ullmark was in the zone. Canada’s attempts to climb back into it were stalled in the first period by a pair of minor penalties. Joakim Nordstrom blocked a shot by Damon Severson and it landed right on the stick of William Nylander just inside his own blueline. I thought we had the game right where we wanted it but in the end they capitalized and the beat us. When we do that we have a good chance to get far.” In the end we played in a manner that we should have all game long.

Team Canada: Canada has reached the semifinals of the 2022 IIHF Men's World Hockey Championship after defeating Sweden in the quarterfinals 4-3 in overtime.

25 seconds in to overtime the Swedes drew a tripping penalty from Nylander to give the Canadians a power play advantage that they did not pass up. Early in the game, the Swedes were fast to get on the scoreboard and take the lead putting Canada on their back foot early with lots of ground to make up. Assistant captain Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his seventh goal of the tournament just over 18 minutes into the period.

Canada, USA, Czechia and Finland will compete for medals after advancing to the semifinal of the men's World Hockey Championship.

Saku Maenalanen scored on an empty-netter with one second left to finish things off, a tremendous effort at home for the Finns. At 9:17, Mario Lunter's shot bounced off a defender in front and hit off Adam Sykora's stick for the 1-0 goal. Meyers scored his second of the game late in the going to put the contest well out of reach, securing USA's spot in the final four. Finland also won gold at the Winter Olympics in Beijing and sit first in the IIHF rankings. The same masterminds combined for the third goal, with Krejci getting one of his own at 32:10 to make it 3-0. David Krejci found his old pal David Pastrnak to the right of the German net and wasted no time making it 1-0.