Slovakia lost its fifth match at the world championship

But it still managed to win 1 point in the match against Sweden.

(Source: TASR)

Slovak national ice hockey team lost the game against Sweden at the 2018 IIHF World Championship in Denmark. The match ended 3:4 in overtime.

Slovak goals were scored by Tomáš Jurčo, Marek Ďaloga and Ladislav Nagy, while Dennis Everberg, Gustav Nyquist, Jacob de la Rose and Mika Zibanejad scored for Sweden.

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Slovakia now has 8 points in the preliminary round.

The Slovaks are playing in group A of the preliminary round held in Copenhagen, Denmark, facing teams from Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, France, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.

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Based on current IIHF World Rankings, Slovakia is ranked 10th, while Sweden is 3rd.

Programme of the preliminary round - Group A:
May 5 (Sat) 20:15 GMT + 1, Slovakia – Czech Republic 2:3 in overtime
May 6 (Sun) 20:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – Switzerland 0:2
May 8 (Tue) 16:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – Austria 4:2
May 10 (Thu) 16:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – France 3:1
May 12 (Sat) 12:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – Sweden 3:4 in overtime
May 14 (Mon) 16:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – Russia
May 15 (Tue) 16:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – Belarus

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Summary:
May 12 (Sat) 12:15 GMT+ 1, Slovakia – Sweden; 3:4 in overtime (1:2, 1:1; 1:0 – 0:1); Scores: JURČO Tomáš (10:32; 1:0), ĎALOGA Marek (36:40; 2:3), NAGY Ladislav (46:54; 3:3) – EVERBERG Dennis (15:15; 1:1), NYQUIST Gustav (18:06; 1:2), DE LA ROSE Jacob (24:53; 3:1), ZIBANEJAD Mika (64:19; 4:1)

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