Sweden is playing Slovakia this morning, very early our time in North America, and you know what that means. Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander and his new best friend, the Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom teamed on a goal.
It was the first goal, in fact, and the checking line has added two more since to make it 3-1 after two periods of play.
The goal:
Hockey-VM: Vilket prickskytte! Så här gick det till när firma Nylander/Bäckström spräckte nollan mot Slovakien. #twittpuck #Hockeyvm pic.twitter.com/FLgHTG9WG0
— C More Sport (@cmoresport) May 16, 2017