The geographical rivalry and an unusual amount of talk between teams gave quite a bit of hype to the match up between #4 seeded Sweden and #5 seeded Finland. The series lived up to the hype, although not exactly in the way that everyone anticipated. Much of the talk going into the series surrounded both teams' full compliment of phenominally talented snipers and playmakers, but it was the goaltending that stole the show. Sweden took the first game, 2-0 and the second, 1-0 as Henrik Lundqvist posted back to back shut outs to earn both victories. Lundqvist is undefeated in 3 games and still hasn't allowed a goal in the tournament. He was also named 1st star in both games against Finland.
Lundqvist has had to be dominating with the way Sweden's forwards have been playing. Only Peter Forsberg and Loui Erikson scoring goals in 3 games. Part of that is due to Finland's two headed goalie attack. Miika Kiprusoff stopped 11 of 13 shots in game 1, but was replaced by Niklas Backstrom in game 2 who stopped 13 of 14 shots.
Sweden will be facing Canada in the semi-finals.
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