The last time Finland and Denmark met, Denmark had a stunning result, getting their first ever regulation tournament win, backstopped by Kasper Krog. Finland was on their way to a relegation round appearance, while Denmark was on their way to their highest WJC finish ever.
This year was a slightly different story, though Krog once more got the start.
Denmark began very strongly, right from the opening face-off. Andreas Grundtvig got a chance one-on-one with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, but Finland opened the scoring on a nice tip by Joona Koppanen to make it 1-0.
Lucas Andersen took a hooking call at 4:45, but the Danish penalty kill held them off — on the advantage, at least.