Ottawa forward Tereza Vanisova sent a backhand into the net behind Swedish goalkeeper Ebba Svensson Träff after 1.16 of overtime.
I think we're playing a really good game, we've had it tough against them, so it's a shame we lost in overtime, says HV71 forward Hilda Svensson.
Sweden has not defeated the Czech Republic, two World Championship bronze medalists in the last three years, since December 2022.
The Czech Republic won the first Euro Hockey Tour tournament of the season ahead of the Swedish women's national team in Switzerland at the beginning of September.
Looking at the game as a whole, we're doing a good job and we're significantly closer than in the last match two months ago, says Lundberg to SVT.
The Swedish women's national team took the lead through defender Emma Forsgren after 9.05 of the second period after Lina Ljungblom worked well with the screening in front of Czech goalkeeper Klara Peslarova, who normally plays for Brynäs.
Leksand defender Tereza Radova equalized just over four minutes later.
The Czech Republic has six players from the PWHL – women's NHL – and nine from the SDHL.
Sweden has four PWHL players, but goalkeeper Emma Söderberg was rested against the Czech Republic.
The Swedish women's national team will face Switzerland in their next match on Friday. Switzerland was shut out in their first match and lost to Finland 0–3.
