Ullmark and Team Sweden falter late in quarterfinal action against Canada (VIDEOS)
Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark and his home country of Sweden have seen their IIHF World Championships come to an end. Sweden played Canada earlier this morning in a quarterfinal matchup to see who would advance to play David Pastrnak and the Czech Republic.
Sweden took a 3-0 lead into the third, which was cut to 3-1 on a Ryan Graves goal just 1:21 into the period. Ullmark and the Swedes still had their two-goal lead with time winding down until Winnipeg Jets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois made it a one-goal game with 1:53 remaining:
And just 30 seconds late, New York Islanders Mathew Barzal tied the game up at 3-3, sending it to overtime:
Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander took a penalty just 25 seconds into overtime, setting the stage for Ottawa Senators Drake Batherson to win the game on the powerplay in the extra frame:
Even with the loss, Linus Ullmark looked good on a hectic day. The Bruins goaltender stopped 38 shots as Sweden was outshot 42-19 in the game. Having a 3-0 lead going into the third and losing is heartbreaking, but from what it looked like, not much blame can be put on Ullmark.
