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2021 World Championship. Russia - Sweden

31.05.2021
Today, on May 31, the senior Russian national team will compete against Sweden in the sixth match of the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Riga, Latvia.

The management group revealed the planned line-up after yesterday's training session:

Samonov (Bocharov);

Nesterov, Zadorov - Slepyshev, Voronkov, Grigorenko;
Gavrikov, Provorov - Tolchinsky, Karnaukhov, Barabanov;
Zub, Orlov - Burdasov, Morozov, Tarasenko;
Ozhiganov - Shvets-Rogovoi, Kamenev, Timkin, Galimov.

So far, the Russians have only conceded the single defeat against Slovakia (1:3) while defeating the Czech Republic (4:3), Great Britain (7:1), Denmark (3:0) and Switzerland (4:1). For their part, Sweden have tallied three wins against the Swiss (7:0), the British (4:1) and the Slovaks (3:1) and three losses to the Danes (3:4), Belarus (0:1) and the Czechs (2:4).

Sweden require a victory to maintain in Group A contention for a berth in the quarter-finals of the competition.

Puck-drop is scheduled for 20:15 Moscow time. Channel One will provide a live television broadcast in Russia.

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