What: Ice Hockey World Championship, Group B, last group stage match.
Where: BCF Arena, Fribourg.
When: Tuesday at 4:20 p.m.
TV/Radio: Viaplay, Radio Sporten.
What's at stake: Win or lose. Sweden must win in regular time against Slovakia to advance to the quarterfinals. Tre Kronor is on nine points and Slovakia is on eleven points.
Last meeting: During the Olympic group stage in Milan, a Tre Kronor team made up only of NHL players beat Slovakia 5–3. The Slovaks' last goal came with a man advantage with 39 seconds left to play after Lucas Raymond, Sweden's top scorer in this year's World Championship, was unnecessarily sent off. That goal meant that Sweden was forced to play in the round of 16 instead of earning an automatic place in the quarterfinals. Slovakia won Sweden's group and ultimately finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match against Finland. Tre Kronor went out in the quarterfinals against the eventual Olympic champion, the USA.
Sweden's matches in the World Championship so far: Canada 3–5, Denmark 6–2, Czech Republic 3–4, Slovenia 6–0, Italy 3–0, Norway 2–3.
Slovakia's matches in the World Championship so far: Norway 2–1, Italy 1–4, Slovenia 5–4 after penalties, Denmark 5–1, Czech Republic 2–3, Canada 1–5.
Sweden
Goalkeepers: 40 Arvid Söderblom, 45 Magnus Hellberg, 73 Love Härenstam.
Defenders: 4 Jacob Larsson, 8 Robert Hägg, 14 Mattias Ekholm, 23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson, 26 Erik Brännström, 34 Albert Johansson, 72 Tim Heed, 94 Joel Persson.
Forwards: 9 Linus Karlsson, 10 Simon Holmström, 13 Lucas Raymond, 15 Jack Berglund, 16 Anton Frondell, 20 André Petersson, 33 Jakob Silfverberg, 41 Ivar Stenberg, 51 Emil Heineman, 61 Viggo Björck, 70 Oskar Sundqvist, 74 Rasmus Asplund, 91 Carl Grundström, 95 Jacob de la Rose.
Slovakia
Goalkeepers: 30 Adam Gajan, 31 Samuel Hlavaj, 33 Eugen Rabcan.
Defenders: 4 Jakub Melisko, 6 Viliam Kmec, 7 Maxim Strbák, 12 Samuel Knazko, 13 Frantisek Gajdos, 26 Luka Radivojevic, 44 Mislav Rosandic, 64 Patrik Koch.
Forwards: 8 Oliver Okuliar, 9 Filip Mesár, 10 Adam Sýkora, 15 Jakub Minárik, 21 Sebastian Cederle, 22 Kristian Pospisil, 23 Adam Liska, 27 Marek Hrivík, 42 Aurel Naus, 72 Andrej Kollár, 76 Martin Pospísil, 77 Martin Fasko-Rudás, 83 Servác Petrovský, 88 Martin Chromiak.
