Florida Panthers prospect Emil Heineman and Sweden blanked Austria 4-0 to move to 2-0 and take the early lead in Pool B.
Henieman skated on Sweden’s third line with Theodor Niederbach and Elmer Soderblom and finished the game with four shots on goal and an even rating in 14:10 of ice time.
In the only other game on Monday, Germany pulled off a 4-3 overtime victory over Slovakia with Mario Zimmermann providing the game-winning, power-play goal 4:01 into the extra session.
Goaltender Spencer Knight will get the start for the United States vs. the Czech Republic in today’s early game at 2 p.