Minsk, Belarus (SportsNetwork.com) – Linus Klasen scored on a rebound seven minutes into the third period to lift Sweden to a 2-1 win over Norway at the 2014 World Hockey Championship.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s win moved the unbeaten Swedes to the top of Group A in the preliminary round.<\/p>\n
Steffen Soberg played well in defeat for Norway, making 33 saves. Sweden’s Anders Nilsson faced only 14 shots.<\/p>\n
Norway suffered its first loss in three games at this tournament.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Juris Stals broke a tie with an early third-period goal and Latvia went on to beat winless Kazakhstan 5-4 in Group B action.<\/p>\n
Arturs Kulda had two goals as Latvia picked up its second win through three games.<\/p>\n
Earlier Tuesday, Finland and Denmark each won for the first time.<\/p>\n
Pekka Rinne made 20 saves as the Finns posted a 4-0 Group B win over previously unbeaten Germany.<\/p>\n
Denmark defeated Italy 4-1 to leave Slovakia as the only winless team in Group A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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