Finnish 4-0 secures second place in Group B

Sami Aittokallio in the Finnish net made 36 saves and earned a shutout when his Finland beat Czech Republic 4-0 to get the important second place in group A. New they will play Slovakia in the Quarter Final while the Czech's get to play the loser of Russia-Sweden.

Alexander Ruuttu scored 1-0 on the second Finnish power play of the game. Miro Aaltonen made it 2-0 at 16:19 with a goal set up by Aleksander Barkov.

Jonas Donskoi got the only goal of the second period to increase the Finnish lead to 3-0. With his fifth goal of the tournament Teemu Pulkkinen closed the scoring at 4-0 assisted by Mikael Granlund.

"Our first game here was bad, but when the game was over we decided to move on," Teemu Pulkkinen said to IIHF.com. "We've played three games well now and we're happy with where we are. We think we've played better every game. Today we played well, and 4-0 is a good score for us."

 

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