The first game of Group B featured Team Russia and Team Sweden, the two teams that are heavily favoured to make it out of group play. Although, I still think Team North America will rule, but I digress.
Major plot points in this game include the match up between a solid Swedish defence and the Russian offensive big guns. At first, it appeared that Russia had been given a break as Henrik Lundqvist had to bow out of the game due to the flu. Jakob Markstrom filled in on his behalf and Sergei Bobrovsky was in net for team Russia, as expected.