Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Carl Hagelin scored twice to pad the lead in the third period and Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves to lead Sweden to a 5-0 win over Slovenia in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s hockey tournament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Daniel Sedin, Alexander Steen and Loui Eriksson also scored for the Swedes, who will face Finland in the semifinals. Finland defeated Russia to advance.<\/p>\n
Sweden, seeded first, improved to 4-0.<\/p>\n
Slovenia — in the Olympics for the first time — held Sweden scoreless for the first 18:50 and Robert Kristan stopped all 16 shots he faced in the second period, but Sweden scored four times in the third to put the game away.<\/p>\n
David Rodman led Slovenia with six shots and Kristan ended up with 33 saves on 38 shots.<\/p>\n
The Swedes clung to a 1-0 lead until Sedin gave them some breathing room 1:42 into the third on a one-timer from the left circle.<\/p>\n
Eriksson made it 3-0 with a wrister from the right circle less than seven minutes later and Hagelin put the game away late.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Steen scored on a sharp-angle rebound 66 seconds into a power play with 1:10 left in the first period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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