Simon Edvinsson pinged a slap shot off the far post for his second goal of the game with 8:25 remaining to finish a rally by the Detroit Red Wings for a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild.
Gustavsson robbed Canada's Devon Toews to keep Sweden in the game, then shut down seven more shots in overtime.
Gustavsson has won four of his last five outings, stopping 165 of 178 shots. He has a 22-11-3 record with three shutouts, a 2.63 GAA and a .915 save percentage across 37 appearances this season. Detroit is tied with Minnesota for 17th in the league with 2.89 goals per game in 2024-25.
Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will start Team Sweden's game against Canada in Wednesday night's opener of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal.
Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will start Team Sweden's game against Canada in Wednesday night's opener of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal.
MONTREAL (AP) — Canada’s absurdly talented power play did not take long to make a difference at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Wednesday night.
MONTREAL -- Filip Gustavsson will start for Sweden against Canada to begin the 4 Nations Face-Off at Bell Centre on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS).
Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson made an unreal save on Wednesday against Canada in the 4 Nations Tournament for Sweden. Gustavsson's save came in the third period to keep the score 3-3 against Canada. Connor McDavid made a nice play to find Canada's Devon Toews streaking in from the point.
Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will start today for Team Sweden (0-0-1-0) against Team Finland (0-0-0-1). The Wild goaltender is 0-0-1 during the tournament with a 3.63 goals-against average and a .857 save percentage. He will start against Finland's Kevin Lankinen who is making his first start of the tournament.
MONTREAL -- Sam Hallam had a message for goalie Filip Gustavsson following Sweden’s 4-3 overtime loss to Canada in the opening game of the 4 Nations Face-Off at Bell Centre on Wednesday. “I just told him after the game, that save with a couple of minutes left, that gave us a chance to win the game,” Sweden’s coach said. “It was huge.”
Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will start tonight for Sweden. The 4 Nations Tournament is officially underway. After a few practices for each team, the tournament is ready to start. Sweden plays Canada tonight to start play. Sweden head coach Sam Hallam said Wednesday morning that Filip Gustavsson will start in net for Sweden tonight.
Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson made an unreal save on Wednesday against Canada. Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson made an unreal save on Wednesday against Canada in the 4 Nations ...