The Swedish national ice hockey team beat Italy 5-2 at the Olympics.

The Swedish national ice hockey team beat the Italian team in the first round match in Group B at the 2026 Olympic Games. The match took place on February 11 in Milan and ended with a score of 5:2.

Gabriel Landeskug (10th minute), Gustav Forsling (18th minute), William Nylander (37th minute), Mika Zibanejad (56th minute) and Victor Hedman (58th minute) scored for the winners. Luca Frigo (5) and Matt Bradley (21) scored for the Italians.

The Italian national team is coached by Finnish specialist Jukka Yalonen. Under his leadership, the Finnish national team won the 2022 Olympic Games and became world champion three times.

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On February 11, the Slovak national ice hockey team beat the Finnish team 4-1 in the first round match of the group stage of the tournament at the 2026 Olympic Games, which are being held in Milan. Montreal Canadiens Hockey club forward Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice in the winning team (8th and 51st minutes), as well as St. Louis Blues club forward Dalibor Dvorsky (48th) and Spartak Moscow forward Adam Ruziczka (58th)..

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