World Championship: Janmark, Klingberg earn spot in gold medal game

Dallas Stars forward Mattias Janmark and defenseman John Klingberg are headed to the gold medal game at the 2018 IIHF World Championship in Denmark.
Janmark scored one goal, and Klingberg tallied one assist as Sweden blew by the United States, 6-0, in the semifinals Saturday in Copenhagen.

Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals, and Anders Nilsson stopped 41 shots for Sweden which improved to 9-0 at the tournament and will play Switzerland for the gold medal.
The Swedes, who were outshot 41-20 by the USA, led 1-0 after one period and then blew the game open with three goals in the second. Klingberg assisted on a Patric Hornqvist power-play goal to make it a 3-0 game, and then Janmark made it 4-0, driving past USA defenseman Charlie McAvoy and pushing the puck past goalie Keith Kinkaid off the rush.

Janmark had two shots on goal and a plus-1 rating in 14:34 of ice time while playing on Sweden's top line with Mika Zibanejad and Rickard Rakell. Janmark has 10 points (four goals, six assists) and a plus-10 rating in nine games.
Klingberg had no shots and a plus-2 rating Saturday while leading the Swedes with 25:27 of ice time. Klingberg has six points (one goal, five assists) and a plus-6 rating through nine games. He is averaging 22:47 of ice time.
In the other semifinals game, Leonardo Genoni stopped 43 shots -- 34 of them over the final two periods -- as Switzerland upset Canada, 3-2, to advance to the gold medal game. The Swiss scored on their only shot of the third period -- a power-play goal by Gaetan Haas -- to extend their lead to 3-1 and then held on to defeat Canada for the third time in their last four meetings at the World Championship.
Canada and the United States will play for the bronze medal Sunday.

Saturday's semifinals

Sweden 6, USA 0
Switzerland 3, Canada 2

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Sunday's medal games

Bronze: USA vs. Canada, 8:45 a.m. CT; NHL Network
Gold:Sweden vs. Switzerland, 1:15 p.m. CT; NHL Network
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