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Sogaard will start Saturday vs. the United States.
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Clara will start Saturday vs. Finland.
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Saros will start Saturday vs. Italy.
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Swayman will start Saturday vs. Denmark.
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Fiala will miss the rest of the Olympic tournament with a lower-body injury.
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Pospisil will be a healthy scratch for Saturday's game vs. Sweden.
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Cehlarik will make his tournament debut on Saturday vs. Sweden.
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Ralfs Freibergs will be a healthy scratch for Saturday's game vs. Germany.
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Haralds Egle will be a healthy scratch for Saturday's game vs. Germany.
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Oskars Cibuļskis will make his tournament debut on Saturday vs. Germany.
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Roberts Bukarts will make his tournament debut on Saturday vs. Germany.
Andersson will be a healthy scratch for Saturday's game vs. Slovakia.
Andersson has not registered a point and is a minus-2 through two games for Sweden, so he'll come out of the lineup Saturday vs. Slovakia. Oliver Ekman-Larsson will move into a more regular role to replace Andersson and Hampus Lindholm will suit up as the seventh defenseman.
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Lindholm will be a healthy scratch for Saturday's game vs. Slovakia.
Lindholm has not registered a point and is a minus-2 through two games for Sweden, so he'll come out of the lineup Saturday vs. Slovakia. Marcus Johansson will draw into the lineup to replace him in the lineup, but Mika Zibanejad will move up to replace him on the second line.
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Lindholm will make his tournament debut on Saturday vs. Slovakia.
After an uninspiring win over Italy and a loss to Finland, Sweden is making some changes to their lineup on Saturday. Lindholm will replace Rasmus Andersson and dress as Sweden's seventh defenseman. The seventh defenseman and 13th forward haven't seen much ice-time for Sweden through two games, so it's unclear how much Lindholm will actually play on Saturday.
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Johansson will make his tournament debut on Saturday vs. Slovakia.
After an uninspiring win over Italy and a loss to Finland, Sweden is making some changes to their lineup on Saturday. Johansson will draw into the lineup to replace Elias Lindholm, and will bump Jesper Bratt down to the 13th forward. Johansson, who has 37 points (13G / 24A) in 53 games with the Minnesota Wild this season, had eight points (4G / 4A) at the 2025 World Championships.
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Markstrom will start Saturday vs. Slovakia.
It looked like Markstrom may start on Friday, but Sweden ultimately went back to Filip Gustavsson, in what would turn out to be a loss to Finland. So Markstrom will make his tournament debut today vs. Slovakia, his first international start since last year's World Championships. He was 4-2-0 with a 2.14 GAA and .894 SV% in that tournament and is 15-13-1 with a 3.20 GAA and .882 SV% with the Devils this season.
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Hlavaj will start Saturday vs. Sweden.
Hlavaj was the star of Day 1 of the tournament, standing on his head, stopping 39 of 40 shots to steal a 4-1 win over Finland. He was given yesterday off, but he'll return to the crease Saturday vs. Sweden. He'll have his hands full again, as Sweden rank second in the tournament in xG/gm (5.52) so far.
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Silovs will start Saturday vs. Germany.
Silovs started Latvia's tournament opener on the bench, but replaced Elvis Merzlikins for the third period. He stopped five of the six shots that he faced in relief and will get the start Saturday vs. Germany. Silovs last played internationally for Latvia at the 2023 World Championships, where he was 7-3-0 with a 2.20 GAA and .921 SV%, leading Latvia to a surprise Bronze Medal.
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Grubauer will start Saturday vs. Latvia.
Grubauer was spectacular in Germany's tournament opening win over Denmark, stopping 37 of the 38 shots he faced to earn the 3-1 win. He'll go again this morning against a Latvia team coming off of a 5-1 loss to the United States on Thursday. Grubauer and Germany are sizeable favourites to move to 2-0-0.
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Marchand will be scratched Friday vs. Switzerland.
At 37-years-old, Team Canada will give the veteran a breather on the second half of a back-to-back, inserting Seth Jarvis onto the fourth line. Expect Marchand to be back in the lineup on Sunday.
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