World hockey championship

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.