2019 World Junior Championship. Russia - Switzerland - 5:2

The under 20 Russian national team defeated Switzerland 5:2 in Canada to claim bronze at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Switzerland put up a good fight, but Russia eventually proved too strong, claiming a tough 5:2 victory in an entertaining battle.

Kirill Slepets and Nikita Shashkov, who scored the second shorthanded, opened up a 2:0 lead in the opening period. Valentin Nussbaumer halved the deficit for Switzerland in the second, and after Klim Kostin reinstated the two-goal advantage, Yannick Bruschweiler again dragged the opponents to within one.

Nevertheless, the Russians sealed the victory in the third period, with Kirill Slepets scoring twice to secure a hat trick! His second was scored into the empty net after Switzerland opted to pull goalkeeper Luca Hollenstein.

Match protocol:

Russia - Switzerland - 5:2 (2:1, 1:2, 2:0)

Goals:

1:0 Slepets (Il. Morozov, Iv. Morozov), 04.25
2:0 Shashkov (Podkolzin), 13.44
2:1 Nussbaumer (Le Coultre, Sigrist), 24.54
3:1 Kostin (Denisenko, Romanov), 32.53
3:2 Bruschweiler (Sigrist, Gross), 35.36
4:2 Slepets, 46.33
5:2 Slepets (Galimov, Kochetkov), 57.59

Goalkeepers: Kochetkov - Hollenstein

Shots on target: 24 - 36

Faceoffs: 27 - 30

Penalty minutes: 14 - 6

05.01.2019.