From newyorkrangers.com...On Friday, Lundqvist and Team Sweden fell to Canada 5-4 in the second of two semifinal games at Quebec City. As a result, the Swedes will play for bronze on Saturday, while Canada goes for gold against Russia on Sunday. Both teams enter the game with perfect 7-0-0 records since the start of the qualifying round.
- The game of the day on Friday was the eagerly-anticipated Canada-Sweden showdown, which pitted Lundqvist against Team Canada goalie Pascal Leclaire of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The two netminders had combined for 19 shutouts during the 2007-08 NHL regular season.
Leclaire and the Canadians would end up with the victory, as four second-period goals by Canada prompted Swedish coach Bengt Gustafsson to remove Lundqvist from the net for the third period. Lundqvist finished with 22 saves and was the victim of some bad bounces that went Canada's way. His replacement, Mikael Tellqvist, held the Canadians off the board with 11 saves over the final 20 minutes.
- Tyutin, paired on defense with Vitali Proshkin, saw 12:33 of ice time and finished the game with a plus-1 rating. He was on the ice for Sushinsky's final goal of the game at 17:56 of the third period.
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