Zibanejad gave Sweden a 1-0 lead at 8:35 of the first period, scoring off a Finland defensive-zone turnover with a shot from between the circles.
“We started the game the way we wanted to and got paid for it,” Hallam said.
Finland tied it 1-1 just 2:23 later when Lundell scored at 10:58 off a 2-on-1 with Eetu Luostarinen and Florida Panthers teammate Gustav Forsling the lone Swede back.
“I think we give up a really simple situation to Finland’s first goal, and I think the game changed a bit there,” Hallam said. “We were playing confident, playing quick, finding good ways with the puck. After that, I think Finland got a bit of hope, a bit of jump in their game.”
Finland also got a power play at 19:34, when Victor Hedman was called for tripping Sebastian Aho.
Rantanen cashed in 12 seconds later, giving Finland a 2-1 lead at 19:46 with a nearly flubbed one-timer off Laine’s pass across to him in the right circle. The puck fluttered and snuck between Gustavsson and the right post.
“The pass on that power-play goal, that’s an elite pass,” Granlund said of Laine.
