In both six-on-five situations, the Finns rolled all forwards: Granlund, Hintz, Aleksander Barkov, Mikko Rantanen, Sebastian Aho and Patrik Laine. Finland’s blue line was its weakness. Its grinding and relentless forwards pulled them back within a goal.
In a back-and-forth contest, at least in terms of lead changes the first two periods, the latest chapter between these two border rivals ended in a 4-3 win for Finland, with 2011 world champion Mikael Granlund scoring 1:49 into overtime when he fired a shot off a two-on-one past Linus Ullmark.
MONTREAL -- Mikael Granlund scored the overtime winner ... Coach Antti Pennanen switched from Juuse Saros to Lankinen after his team lost 6-1 to the United States on Thursday night. "I don't think we needed to do much, we knew that there was a lot of ...
Representation of the Nashville Predators at the 4 Nations Face-Off got thin real quick following Juuse Saros's benching ... former Predators forward Mikael Granlund down the right wing to ...
Finland beat Sweden 4-3 in OT on Saturday at the 4 Nations Face-Off. Here's how Predators' Filip Forsberg and Gustav Nyquist performed for Sweden.
Mikael Granlund scored the overtime winner, and Finland beat Sweden, 4-3, on Saturday in an instant classic, back-and-forth game between the bitter rivals at the 4 Nations Face-Off. Granlund scored 1 minute,
Predators goalie Juuse Saros did not play in the game after a poor performance in a previous game against the USA. In a rivalry game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Mikael Granlund scored 1:49 ...
MONTREAL — Mikael Granlund skated toward the net on ... Coach Antti Pennanen switched from Juuse Saros to Lankinen after his team lost 6-1 to the United States on Thursday night.