New York Rangers star came home to Stockholm and saw the chance to celebrate a gold in his hometown.
He was part of the gold team in Copenhagen.
But in Stockholm 2025, his team was hopeless in the semifinal.
The USA won 6-2 and...well, it wasn't even close.
Zibanejad was dissatisfied with most things in Tre Kronor's performance.
”Doesn't mesh”
On the question of what didn't work, the forward veteran says:
A lot. I think we get too long and too spread out. It's like we don't mesh either. They do a better job and press us and don't give us the time we've had in other matches. We don't find solutions and get no longer attacks and that pressure we want, he says.
Defensively, it wasn't good either.
They score on second and third chances in front of the goal where we don't do a good enough job of cleaning up. There's a lot that doesn't work.
”Don't stop believing”
A small spark was lit in the last period when goals by William Nylander and Elias Lindholm took Tre Kronor to a two-goal deficit.
Of course, it awakens a bit, both the team and the pressure in Avicii. We don't stop believing in it, then it becomes 5-2 and 6-2. It's just tough. It's a pity they get that fifth goal, then the air goes out of us.
We know we weren't good enough, we try to push in the third but it's not enough. It sucks.
Lucas Raymond on Sweden's pale start, 0–2 and 3–13 in shots in the first period.
We don't start quite as we want and get a bit on our heels and fall behind. We chase uphill, make a good push for the first ten in the third period, but then it dies out.
