Granlund lifts Finland past Sweden at 4 Nations Face-Off - ESPN

MONTREAL — Mikael Granlund scored the overtime winner, and Finland beat Sweden 4-3 Saturday in an instant classic, back-and-forth game between the bitter rivals at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Granlund scored 1:49 into 3-on-3 OT, sending fans in Finland's blue and white at Bell Centre to the exits cheering and chanting, «Suomi!»

«It's always great to beat Sweden,» Granlund said in his postgame media availability.

Anton Lundell and Mikko Rantanen also scored for Finland, and Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves in his debut at the NHL-run international tournament, including a pad stop on Mika Zibanejad seconds into overtime. Coach Antti Pennanen switched from Juuse Saros to Lankinen after his team lost 6-1 to the United States on Thursday night.

«I don't think we needed to do much, we knew that there was a lot of good things we did in the game against USA,» Finland captain Aleksander Barkov said in his postgame interview on SportsNet. «Obviously, the result, 6-1, was not great, it did not look good. But I thought we did a lot of good things. And same thing today.»

Mikael Granlund after putting Finland on his back!