The Buffalo forward earns his second gold medal at an IIHF event.
Ryan O’Reilly (Canada) and Johan Larsson (Sweden) represented their countries at the 2018 IIHF World Championship, which was held in Denmark throughout the month of May.
Sunday, May 20
SWE 3 – SUI 2 (SO)
Larsson helped Sweden to its second-consecutive gold medal with a 3-2 shootout win over Switzerland on Sunday. Gustav Nyquist and Mika Zibanejad scored goals for Sweden while Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Filip Forsberg tallied in the shootout.
Larsson finished the tournament with one assist in 10 games. This is his second gold medal at an IIHF event, having previously won gold at the World Junior Championship in 2012.
USA 4 – CAN 1
O’Reilly came up short in his bid for a medal as Canada lost 4-1 to the United States in the bronze medal game on Sunday. Nick Bonino scored a power-play goal for Team USA to break a 1-1 tie with 6:39 remaining in regulation.
O’Reilly tallied one shot in 17:54 and ends his tournament having scored 4 goals in 10 games, tied for third on the team.
Saturday, May 19
USA 0 – SWE 6
Larsson and Team Sweden will play for gold on Sunday after steamrolling Team USA 6-0 in their semifinal matchup on Saturday. Viktor Arvidsson led the way with two goals while Anders Nilsson made 20 saves.
Larsson finished with 11:33 of ice time.
SUI 3 – CAN 2
Sweden will play Switzerland after the Swiss upset O’Reilly and Team Canada 3-2. O’Reilly had two shots in 19:30 of action.
Thursday, May 17
RUS 4 – CAN 5 (OT)
O’Reilly was the overtime hero as Canada topped Russia 5-4 to advance to the seminfinals. O’Reilly redirected a pass from Connor McDavid with 5:03 remaining in the extra period.