The World Cup of Hockey’s preliminary round kicked with two games and two shutouts: Team Europe over Team USA 3-0 (Steven Stamkos had an assist, 2 PIMs, 4 shots in 15:53) Team Canada over Team Czech Republic 6-0. What will today’s matchups have in store?
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Team Sweden vs. Team Russia
3 p.m. Eastern, ESPN
Lightning players on Team Sweden: Anton Stralman, Victor Hedman
Sweden lineup updates: Will be updated
Lightning players on Team Russia: Nikita Kucherov, Nikita Nesterov, Vlad Namestnikov, Andrei Vasilevskiy
Russia lineup updates: Sergei Bobrovsky gets the starting nod.