ST. PAUL, Minn. — Lucas Pettersson and Eddie Genborg each scored twice and Sweden beat the United States 6-3 on Wednesday night in the world junior hockey championship to complete group play unbeaten.
Casper Juustovaara opened the scoring in the first period on a deflection, and the Swedes led 5-1 in the second period in the Group A finale. Ivar Stenberg scored in the third, and Love Harenstam made 28 saves.
Chase Reid, Will Zellers and Teddy Stiga scored for the United States, and Brady Knowling stopped 23 shots in his tournament debut. The Americans lost for the first time in four games in the tournament.
Sweden will face Latvia in the quarterfinals, and the second-place Americans awaited the result of the Group B finale between Canada and Finland.
Earlier, Switzerland beat Slovakia 3-2 to finish third in Group A, and Chechia topped Latvia 4-2 in Group B for its third straight win since an opening loss to Canada.
