Sweden 6-1 United States 
World Championship First Round
Hallenstadion, Zürich 
Wednesday, May 6, 1998

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:25 –  GOAL – Johansson (Kjellberg)
11:59 –  PEN – Cullen, tripping
12:42 –  PP GOAL – Johnsson (Olsson, Dahlen)
13:31 –  PEN – Iafrate, cross checking

2nd Period
22:07 –  GOAL – Smolinski (Miller)
24:37 –  PEN – Smolinski, interference
25:29 –  PEN – Johnsson, holding
27:44 –  PEN – Iafrate, slashing
32:47 –  GOAL – Renberg (Sundstrom, Sundin)
39:42 –  GOAL – Dahlen (Olsson, Huusko)

3rd Period
44:22 –  PEN – Falk, holding
50:55 –  PEN – Podein, holding
50:55 –  PEN – Weinrich, game misconduct
54:05 –  PEN – Smolinski, high sticking
56:15 –  GOAL – Huusko (Dahlen)
58:11 –  GOAL – Dahlen (Johansson)

GOALTENDERS
W:  Salo (14-15)
L: Snow (12-16), Dunham (6-8)

SHOTS ON GOAL
9+7+8 = 24
5+4+6 = 15

ROSTERS
Goaltenders: Johan Hedberg, Tommy Salo. Defence: Niclas Hävelid, Kim Johnsson, Hans Jonsson, Jan Mertzig, Mattias Norström, Christer Olsson, Johan Tornberg, Mattias Öhlund. Forwards: Jonas Bergqvist, Ulf Dahlen, Nichlas Falk, Peter Forsberg, Anders Huusko, Mikael Johansson, Jörgen Jönsson, Patric Kjellberg, Fredrik Modin, Peter Nordström, Mikael Renberg, Mats Sundin, Niklas Sundström, Tommy Westlund.
Goaltenders: Mike Dunham, Garth Snow, Tim Thomas. Defence: Greg Brown, Adam Burt, Mike Crowley, Keivn Dean, Al Iafrate, Chris Luongo, Paul Stanton, Dan Trebil, Eric Weinrich. Forwards: Doug Barrault, Bates Battaglia, Donald Brashear, Tom Chorske, Matt Cullen, Chris Drury, Ted Drury, Darby Hendrickson, Kevin Miller, Mark Parrish, Shjon Podein, Bryan Smolinski.

SWEDEN (C)	vs.	UNITED STATES
current champion (since 04/24/1998)	Last Title	04/19/1997
117	All-Time Wins	46
8 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 3 ties)	8 wins
First IHLC Meeting (SWE vs. USA)  USA 3-0 SWE  – 03/11/1933 – EX – Berlin
Previous IHLC Meeting (SWE vs. USA)  SWE 3-1 USA  – 05/03/1997 – WC – Turku
Last IHLC Game  SWE 4-2 SUI  – 05/04/1998 – WC – Zürich
Next IHLC Game  SWE 1-0 FIN  – 05/07/1998 – WC – Zürich