Lundqvist, Sweden beat Finland 2-0 at World Cup of Hockey

By foxsports
Updated Mar. 4, 2020 4:22 p.m. ET

TORONTO (AP) Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves and Anton Stralman scored his first goal of the World Cup of Hockey, helping Sweden beat Finland 2-0 on Tuesday.

Loui Eriksson added an insurance goal into an empty Finnish net with 2.6 seconds remaining in the third.

With the win, Sweden (2-0-0) has a firm hold on the top seed in Group B while Finland (0-2-0) is facing long odds for advancing to the semifinals.

Tuukka Rask, starting in the Finnish goal over Pekka Rinne, stopped 27 shots.