
Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves in place of ill star Henrik Lundqvist, and Gabriel Landeskog and Victor Hedman scored second-period goals to help Sweden beat Russia 2-1 on Sunday in their World Cup of Hockey opener. Alex Ovechkin scored for Russia, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots in the Group B game. Ovechkin thought he tied it with 7 seconds left, but officials waved it off, ruling the puck went off Ovechkin's glove and in.
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