Five Nations. Russia U18 - Sweden U18 - 3:1

In the Czech Republic, the under 18 Russian national team made the perfect start to the Five Nations competition, defeating Sweden 3:1.

Dmitry Zlodeev, Marat Khusnutdinov and Shakir Mukhamadullin all scored for Russia, while goakeeper Yaroslav Askarov - a silver medalist of the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship - 20 of the 21 shots he faced.

Russia will now prepare to face Finland at 17:00 Moscow time tomorrow.

Match protocol:

Russia U18 - Sweden U18 - 3:1 (2:0, 1:0, 0:1)

Goals:

1:0 Zlodeev (Poltapov, Trineev), 13.52
2:0 Khusnutdinov, 17.03
3:0 Mukhamadullin (Kostenko, Trineev), 38.22
3:1 Andrea (Sall, Magnusson), 46.37

Goalkeepers: Askarov - Wallstedt

Shots on target: 44 - 21

Penalty minutes: 8 - 14

05.02.2020.