Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly and Team North America face a steep challenge against Sochi runners-up Team Sweden in Game 3 of Group B action Wednesday afternoon (3 p.m. EST, Sportsnet).
Team North America Projected Lines
Auston Matthews – Connor McDavid – Mark Scheifele
Johnny Gaudreau – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Nathan MacKinnon
Dylan Larkin – Sean Couturier – Vincent Trocheck
Brandon Saad – Jack Eichel – J.T. Miller
Ryan Murray – Seth Jones
Morgan Rielly – Colton Parayko
Shayne Gostisbehere – Jacob Trouba
John Gibson
Connor Hellebuyck
Injured: Matt Murray (thumb), Aaron Ekblad (upper body)
Scratched: Jonathan Drouin
Team Sweden Projected Lines
Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Loui Eriksson
Filip Forsberg – Nicklas Backstrom – Patric Hornqvist
Carl Hagelin – Marcus Kruger – Jakob Silfverberg
Gabriel Landeskog – Patrik Berglund – Carl Soderberg
Mattias Ekholm – Erik Karlsson
Victor Hedman – Anton Stralman
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Henrik Lundqvist
Jacob Markstrom
Injured: None
Scratched: Jhonas Enroth, Mikael Backlund, Hampus Lindholm