COLOGNE, Germany -- Telling himself to stay calm, Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout as Sweden dethroned two-time defending champion Canada to win the world hockey championship 2-1 on Sunday night.

Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored shootout goals to help the Swedes win their first International Ice Hockey Federation title since 2013 and prevent Canada from a three-peat.

"It was pretty nerve-racking in the end, but we pulled it off," said Lundqvist, the New York Rangers star who made 41 saves in regulation and overtime to get it to a shootout. "What a game. It was so exciting. It's been an amazing week."

Lundqvist and Canadian counterpart Calvin Pickard, who saved tournament MVP William Nylander's first shootout attempt for Sweden, were outstanding in a game in which the Canadians narrowly outshot their opponents 43-42.

William Nylander tackles goalie Henrik Lundqvist after Sweden clinched a victory over Canada in the gold-medal game of the world championships. AP Photo/Martin Meissner

"This is how close it should be when you get to the final game," Swedish coach Rikard Gronborg said. "It's a huge win for Swedish hockey."

The respect between the sides was evident from the start as defenses held firm in the opening two periods.

The breakthrough came against the odds, with Backstrom penalized for slashing when Victor Hedman scored short-handed with 20.8 seconds left in the second period.

It was a strange goal from distance as the defenseman just lifted the puck and it somehow bounced in through Pickard's legs. The presence of Joel Lundqvist, Henrik's twin brother, may have distracted the Canadian goaltender.

"It was a fluke goal," Swedish forward Marcus Kruger said.

Ryan O'Reilly tied it in the third period on a rebound after an initial shot from Mitch Marner.

Nate MacKinnon missed a good chance to clinch the win for Canada on a power play before overtime, when both goaltenders maintained their exceptional form.

"I want to congratulate Sweden. They were an exceptional team, it was a lot of fun to play them," Canadian coach Jon Cooper said. "If we were going to lose to somebody, I'm glad those guys won."

Earlier, Nikita Kucherov sealed a 5-3 win for Russia in the bronze-medal game against Finland.

"It's not the medal we wanted," Russian coach Oleg Znarok said.</s>Finland's Topi Jaakola, right, challenges for the puck Russia's Sergei Plotnikov, left, during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) -- Telling himself to stay calm, Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and Sweden dethroned two-time defending champion Canada to win the world hockey championship 2-1 on Sunday night.

Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored shootout goals for the Swedes to win their first title since 2013 and prevent Canada from a three-peat.

''It was pretty nerve-racking in the end, but we pulled it off,'' said Lundqvist, the New York Rangers star who made 41 saves in regulation and overtime to get it to a shootout. ''What a game. It was so exciting. It's been an amazing week.

Lundqvist and Canadian counterpart Calvin Pickard, who saved tournament MVP William Nylander's first shootout attempt for Sweden, were outstanding in a game in which the Canadians narrowly outshot their opponents 43-42.

''This is how close it should be when you get to the final game,'' Swedish coach Rikard Gronborg said. ''It's a huge win for Swedish hockey.''

The respect between the sides was evident from the off as defenses held firm in the opening two periods.

The breakthrough came against the odds, with Backstrom penalized for slashing, when Victor Hedman scored short-handed with 20.8 seconds left in the second period.

It was a strange goal from distance as the defenseman just lifted the puck and it somehow bounced in through Pickard's legs. The presence of Joel Lundqvist, Henrik's twin brother, may have distracted the Canadian goaltender.

''It was a fluke goal,'' Swedish forward Marcus Kruger said.

O'Reilly tied it in the third period on a rebound after an initial shot from Mitch Marner.

It was tense, and fans were left gasping as the action swung from end to end. Lundqvist said he hoped fans enjoyed now neither team sat back in the third period or overtime.

Nate MacKinnon missed a good chance to clinch the win for Canada on a power play before overtime, when both goaltenders maintained their exceptional form.

''I want to congratulate Sweden. They were an exceptional team, it was a lot of fun to play them,'' Canadian coach Jon Cooper said. ''If we were going to lose to somebody, I'm glad those guys won.''

Earlier, Nikita Kucherov sealed a 5-3 win for Russia in the bronze-medal game against Finland.

''It's not the medal we wanted,'' Russian coach Oleg Znarok said.</s>COLOGNE, Germany — Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in the shootout for Sweden as it beat Canada 2-1 on Sunday to capture gold at the world hockey championship.

Victor Hedman scored late in the second period shorthanded to give the Swedes a 1-0 lead. Henrik Lundqvist picked up the win in net with 42 saves.

Ryan O'Reilly tied the game at 1-1 with a power-play goal early in the third. Calvin Pickard stopped 40 shots and took the loss.

The win is Sweden's first in four tries against Canada since the IIHF instituted the playoff system in 1992, and their first since 2013. Sweden stops Canada from being the first team to three-peat since the Czechs accomplished the feat between 1999 and 2001.

Just like in Saturday's 4-2 semifinal comeback win over Russia, there was no scoring in the first period. After competing in separate groups in the preliminary round, the Swedes and Canadians went through a feeling-out process. Shots were 12-10 for Sweden in the first, with Canada easily able to kill off two penalties against the ninth-ranked Swedish power play.

Hedman got Sweden on the scoreboard with Nicklas Backstrom serving his second penalty of the game. Hedman's bouncing shot from the point off a broken play eluded Pickard with 20.8 seconds left in the period.

The Canadians once again used their lethal power play to get back into the game in the third with Elias Lindholm whistled for high sticking at 1:48. It took just 10 seconds for O'Reilly to tie the game at 1-1 by flipping a Mitch Marner rebound over the right shoulder of Lundqvist. It was the first special-teams goal that Lundqvist had surrendered in five tournament games.

Canada tested its tournament-best penalty kill when Mike Matheson took a tripping penalty with 3:18 to play in the third period, but the Swedes matched them with an untimely too-many-men penalty with 1:24 left on the clock.

Sweden had a slight territorial edge in overtime by outshooting Canada 11-10. Sean Couturier was whistled for tripping with 10:51 left in overtime but the Canadian penalty killers were up to the task.

Alex Killorn fed Matt Duchene with a nifty spin-o-rama pass late in overtime, but his shot was stopped by Lundqvist.

Sweden called a timeout to set up an offensive-zone faceoff with 21 seconds left to play in overtime. Claude Giroux won the crucial draw to allow the Canadians to get the puck out of danger and set up the shootout.

In the shootout, William Nylander was denied by Pickard, then Nathan MacKinnon couldn't slip his shot through Lundqvist's five-hole. Backstrom, Sweden's second shooter, beat Pickard low to the stick side before Brayden Point's attempt was snagged by Lundqvist's glove. Oliver Ekman-Larsson caught Pickard moving to put Sweden up 2-0, then Ryan O'Reilly was denied by Lundqvist. Pickard kept Canada alive by stopping his Colorado Avalanche teammate Gabriel Landeskog before Lundqvist stopped Marner to secure the gold for Sweden.

Earlier on Sunday, Russia defeated Finland 5-3 to capture its second consecutive bronze medal.</s>(AP Photo/Petr David Josek). Russia's Nikita Kucherov, left, celebrates after scoring a goal with Russia's Artemi Panarin, right, during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, G...

(AP Photo/Petr David Josek). Finland's Mikko Lehtonen celebrates after scoring his a goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, May 21, 2017.

(AP Photo/Petr David Josek). Russia's Nikita Kucherov, right, dives to score a goal past Finland's Harri Sateri, left, and Finland's Joonas Jarvinen, center, during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the...

(AP Photo/Petr David Josek). Finland's Topi Jaakola, right, challenges for the puck Russia's Sergei Plotnikov, left, during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany, Sunda...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) - Telling himself to stay calm, Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and Sweden dethroned two-time defending champion Canada to win the world hockey championship 2-1 on Sunday night.

Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored shootout goals for the Swedes to win their first title since 2013 and prevent Canada from a three-peat.

"It was pretty nerve-racking in the end, but we pulled it off," said Lundqvist, the New York Rangers star who made 41 saves in regulation and overtime to get it to a shootout. "What a game. It was so exciting. It's been an amazing week.

Lundqvist and Canadian counterpart Calvin Pickard, who saved tournament MVP William Nylander's first shootout attempt for Sweden, were outstanding in a game in which the Canadians narrowly outshot their opponents 43-42.

"This is how close it should be when you get to the final game," Swedish coach Rikard Gronborg said. "It's a huge win for Swedish hockey."

The respect between the sides was evident from the off as defenses held firm in the opening two periods.

The breakthrough came against the odds, with Backstrom penalized for slashing, when Victor Hedman scored short-handed with 20.8 seconds left in the second period.

It was a strange goal from distance as the defenseman just lifted the puck and it somehow bounced in through Pickard's legs. The presence of Joel Lundqvist, Henrik's twin brother, may have distracted the Canadian goaltender.

"It was a fluke goal," Swedish forward Marcus Kruger said.

O'Reilly tied it in the third period on a rebound after an initial shot from Mitch Marner.

It was tense, and fans were left gasping as the action swung from end to end. Lundqvist said he hoped fans enjoyed now neither team sat back in the third period or overtime.

Nate MacKinnon missed a good chance to clinch the win for Canada on a power play before overtime, when both goaltenders maintained their exceptional form.

"I want to congratulate Sweden. They were an exceptional team, it was a lot of fun to play them," Canadian coach Jon Cooper said. "If we were going to lose to somebody, I'm glad those guys won."

Earlier, Nikita Kucherov sealed a 5-3 win for Russia in the bronze-medal game against Finland.

"It's not the medal we wanted," Russian coach Oleg Znarok said.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>Sweden players celebrate following the Ice Hockey World Championships final match between Canada and Sweden in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) -- Sweden won the ice hockey world championship with a 2-1 victory on penalties over two-time defending champion Canada on Sunday.

Sweden goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped three penalties and Ryan O'Reilly struck the post for Canada, as Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored shootout goals for the Swedes to win their first title since 2013.

Lundqvist and Canada counterpart Calvin Pickard, who saved William Nylander's first penalty for Sweden, were outstanding in a game in which the Canadians narrowly outshot their opponents 43-42.

"This is how close it should be when you get to the final game," Sweden head coach Rikard Gronborg said. "It's a huge win for Swedish hockey."

The respect between the sides was evident from the off as defenses held firm in the opening two periods.

The breakthrough came against the odds, with Backstrom penalized for slashing, when Victor Hedman scored short-handed with 20.8 seconds left in the second period.

It was a strange goal from distance as the defenseman just lifted the puck and it somehow bounced in through Pickard's legs. Joel Lundqvist's presence may have distracted the Canadian goaltender.

"It was a fluke goal," Swedish forward Marcus Kruger said.

Canada had enjoyed twice as many shots in the second period.

O'Reilly equalized when he scrambled the puck in off a rebound from Mitch Marner.

It was tense, and fans were left gasping as the action swung from end to end.

Nate MacKinnon missed a good chance to clinch the win for Canada on a power play before overtime, when both goaltenders maintained their exceptional form.

"I want to congratulate Sweden. They were an exceptional team, it was a lot of fun to play them," said Canada coach Jon Cooper.

"If we were going to lose to somebody, I'm glad those guys won."

Earlier, Nikita Kucherov sealed a 5-3 win for Russia in the bronze medal match against Finland.

"It's not the medal we wanted," Russia head coach Oleg Znarok said.</s>Russia's Nikita Kucherov, right, dives to score a goal past Finland's Harri Sateri, left, and Finland's Joonas Jarvinen, center, during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the... . Russia's Nikita Kucherov, left, celebrates after scoring a goal with Russia's Artemi Panarin, right, during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and Finland in the LANXESS arena in Cologne, G... COLOGNE, Germany - Telling himself to stay calm, Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and Sweden dethroned two-time defending champion Canada to win the world hockey championship 2-1 on Sunday night.

Start the conversation, or Read more at CBS 3 Springfield.</s>Unable to solve Sweden goaltender Henrik Lundqvist during the shootout, Canada had to settle for silver at the 2017 IIHF World Championship on Sunday, losing 2-1 in the gold medal final.

After regulation and a 20-minute overtime couldn’t solve the contest tied at 1-1, Lundqvist stopped three Canadian shooters in the best-of-five shootout, while Ryan O’Reilly – Canada’s goal scorer in the third period – hit the post. Sweden needed just two goals in the shootout, leaving Lundqvist to do the rest.

The loss halts Canada’s streak of IIHF worlds gold at two after lifting the trophy in 2015 and 2016, following a medal drought in the annual tournament dating back to 2009. The gold for Sweden is their first since 2013.

The gold medal game started much in the same way Canada’s semifinal victory over Russia did before a wild finish a day earlier. A fairly-even first period saw Sweden register 12 shots against Calvin Pickard in the Canadian net, while Lundqvist stopped all 10 pucks directed at the Swedish cage as the teams were scoreless through the first 20 minutes.

Shots on goal became lopsided midway through the second period when at one point Canada was outshooting Sweden 9-1. Nonetheless, there was no beating Lundqvist. Through 39 minutes without a goal for either team, Canada killed off three Sweden power plays and failed to score on its sole man advantage.

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With 43 seconds to go in the second, Nicklas Backstrom took a slashing penalty putting Canada on its second power play. A chance to go ahead turned disastrous for the Canadians when a neutral zone turnover by O’Reilly sent Sweden’s Joel Lundqvist on a partial breakaway. The puck eventually found its way to the blue line, where Victor Hedman sent a tricky bouncing puck toward the Canadian net, that somehow managed to go through Pickard’s pads to give Sweden a 1-0 lead heading into the third period.

Redemption arrived for O’Reilly early in the third when a high sticking penalty to Elias Lindholm sent Canada back on the power play. It took only 10 seconds for Canada to capitalize on the man advantage levelling the game 1-1, with O’Reilly popping in the rebound created by a Mitch Marner shot from the point. O’Reilly’s sixth goal of the tournament had a second assist from Nathan MacKinnon, his team leading 15th point at worlds from 10 games.

Canada had to be cautious late in the third when Mike Matheson picked up a tripping penalty with 3:18 to play in regulation. A disciplined penalty kill by Canada, with notable work by Marc-Edouard Vlasic, helped run the clock down before it was Sweden’s turn to pay a visit to the box.

With just six seconds left in the Sweden power play and 1:24 remaining in the third, the Swedes were called for too many men on the ice and assessed a minor penalty. Canada pressed late, but couldn’t solve Lundqvist as the teams headed to overtime.

Another tripping call against Canada, this time on Sean Couturier at 9:07 of overtime, gave Sweden the 5-on-4 advantage. Late in the power play William Nylander nearly ended the affair in Sweden’s favour but for a key block from Pickard. He stopped 41 of 42 Swedish shots on the night.

Lundqvist was equally up to the task of keeping his country in the game during the extra frame, making several good saves, including a quick blocker touch on a MacKinnon effort late in overtime, just prior to the shootout, making 42 saves.

The Swedish goalie was the hero in the best-of-five shootout, stopping MacKinnon, Brayden Point in the first two Canadian attempts, then forcing O’Reilly to strike the post before thwarting Mitch Marner.

Swedish goals in the shootout came from Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, with Pickard stopping Nylander, while Gabriel Landeskog missed the net altogether.

Canada – winning silver – suffered its second loss of the tournament in 10 games, the other came against Switzerland, a 3-2 overtime defeat during group play.

Russia won the bronze medal earlier in the day winning 5-3 at Finland’s expense.

The 2018 IIHF World Championship will take place in Denmark next year from May 4 to 20.</s>COLOGNE, Germany: Sweden won the ice hockey world championships for the 10th time with a 2-1 victory over 2016 champions Canada after Sunday´s final was settled by a penalty shoot-out.

Nicklas Backstorm hit the winning penalty after it finished 1-1 over the three periods as Ryan O´Reilly equalised for Canada after Victor Hedman had put Sweden ahead.

In the shoot-out, both Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson nailed their penalties for Sweden to the delight of their travelling fans in Cologne.

Canada´s quartet of Nate Mackinnon, Brayden Point, O´Reilly and Mitch Marner all failed with their penalty attempts to hand Sweden their first world title since 2013.

Excellent defence from both teams added to the tension in a nervy final.

After Canada´s Mark Scheifele clipped the post in the first period, Jeff Skinner smacked his shot off the goal´s frame in the second as Sweden survived two let offs.

Despite having Backstrom in the penalty box for slashing, Sweden took the lead, against the run of play, 21 seconds before the end of the second period.

Hedman´s speculative long-range shot passed two team-mates and hit the back of the net with the puck passing through the legs of Canada´s goaltender Calvin Pickard.

The defending champions levelled with a powerplay goal one minute, 58 seconds into the third period when Ryan O´Reilly flicked home Mitch Marner´s long-range shot.

There was no score in over-time and it was Sweden who held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out.

Earlier, Russia survived a late fightback by Finland as Nikita Kucherov sealed their 5-3 win to claim bronze.

Having lost 4-2 to Canada in the semi-finals, Russia raced into a 4-0 lead in the bronze-medal match with Nikita Gusev (twice), Vladimir Tkachyov and Bogdan Kiselevich all scoring.

But Finland rallied with three unanswered goals through Mikko Rantanen, Mikko Lehtonen and Veli-Matti Savinainen to pull it back to 4-3 early in the third quarter.

Kucherov settled Russian nerves though with the team´s fifth goal to secure third place.</s>More than 600 women in several cities across Germany filed complaints ranging from sexual molestation to theft in attacks on the New Year's weekend and police investigations are focused on illegal migrants from North Africa as well as asylum-seekers.

The incidents deepened public doubts about Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to open Germany's doors to refugees and migrants, whose numbers reached 1.1 million last year.

The prosecutor's office in Cologne said on Thursday more details about the reward for helping find suspects would be communicated by the police this week.

German police said they had so far been able to identify 32 people suspected of roles in the violence in Cologne, including 22 who were planning to seek asylum in Germany.

But identifying perpetrators has been a challenge for police, who have been smarting from criticism that they failed to stop the attacks. The Cologne police chief has been sacked over the matter.

The assaults shocked Germans and prompted politicians to introduce harsher penalties against offending asylum seekers and foreigners. [nL8N14X31C]</s>COLOGNE, Germany -- Sweden won the ice hockey world championship with a 2-1 shootout victory over two-time defending champion Canada on Sunday.

Sweden goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped all four attempts in the shootout as Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for the Swedes to win their first International Ice Hockey Federation title since 2013.

The game was 1-1 after three periods and overtime.

Lundqvist and Canada counterpart Calvin Pickard, who saved William Nylander's first shot in the shootout for Sweden, were outstanding in a game in which the Canadians narrowly outshot their opponents by 43-42.

The breakthrough came against the odds, with Backstrom penalized for slashing, when Victor Hedman scored short-handed with 20.8 seconds left in the second period.

Ryan O'Reilly equalized when he scrambled the puck in off a rebound from Mitch Marner.

Nathan MacKinnon missed a good chance to clinch the win for Canada on a power play before overtime.
Tied 1-1, Sweden wins in a shootout against Canada to claim its tenth title at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.