Calle Järnkrok scored the only Swedish point of the game as Toronto defeated New Jersey 4–0. Järnkrok made it 3–0 past New Jersey goalie Jacob Markström just under seven minutes into the third period.
Järnkrok's Toronto teammate William Nylander, already selected for the Olympics, is still injured.
Could Pittsburgh be on the verge of reversing its dismal trend? It certainly looks that way. In the latest game, the team's third victory in four came when they beat Carolina 5–1. Rickard Rakell had an assist, passing to Sidney Crosby for the 1–0 goal, while Erik Karlsson had assists on the 3–0 and 4–0 goals.
Simon Holmström had an assist as the New York Islanders visited Chicago. The Islanders eventually won the tight match 3–2 in a shootout.
In the final game of the night, both teams had Swedish scorers as Philadelphia defeated Vancouver 6–3. Carl Grundström gave Philadelphia the lead when he made it 2–1 at the start of the second period.
Tom Willander scored Vancouver's third goal to make it 3–5, and teammate Marcus Pettersson had an assist in the game.
Twelve nations will compete in the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament between February 11 and 22.
Groups: Group A: Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France. Group B: Finland, Sweden, Slovakia, Italy. Group C: USA, Germany, Latvia, Denmark.
The group winners and the best second-place team advance directly to the quarterfinals. The other eight teams go to the playoff qualifiers (round of 16).
Sweden's group-stage matches:
11/2: Italy (21:10).
13/2: Finland (12:10).
14/2: Slovakia (12:10).
Round of 16 will be played on 17/2, quarterfinals on 18/2, semifinals on 20/2, bronze medal match on 21/2, and final on 22/2.
Latest Olympic winners:
2022: Finland, 2018: OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia), 2014: Canada, 2010: Canada, 2006: Sweden.
Players already qualified for the Olympics:
Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado), Lucas Raymond (Detroit), Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay), and William Nylander (Toronto).
