Sweden will play for gold on home soil at the world junior hockey championship. Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored the winner on a power play in the third period before adding an insurance goal as the tournament hosts defeated the Czech Republic 5-2 on Thursday.
The Vancouver Canucks prospect blasted a one-timer past Czech goaltender Michael Hrabal on Sweden's first man advantage of the afternoon at 5:14 to snap a 2-2 tie.
Noah Ostlund then added his third goal of the under-20 event on a breakaway with eight minutes left to make it 4-2 before Lekkerimaki sealed things with his sixth just 1:02 later to blow the top off Scandinavium arena.
The United States battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to down Finland 3-2 and book the other spot in Friday's final. The Finns and Czechs will play for bronze.