Switzerland – Norway 5:2. The favorites rejected the complications and decided in the second part

The Swiss, with five reinforcements from the NHL, outshot their opponents 15:5 in the first period, but the score was tied 1:1. Sven Andrighetto opened the scoring at 11:05 after Niederreiter’s pass with a shot from the right circle into the opposite upper corner of Jonas Arntzen’s goal.

The Norwegians made the most of the minimum and responded in the 15th minute. Forty-year-old Patrick Thoresen found Markus Vikingstad from the back post at the left circle, who beat Leonardo Genoni. At the end of the first part, forward Mats Zuccarello from the New York Rangers, the only Norwegian representative in the NHL, and Thoresen threatened from the center of the circle.

In the 25th minute, Switzerland was given the lead by Loeffel, who hit the right post from the blue line. In four minutes, the Swiss were leading by two goals. The captain and star of Nashville Roman Josi, after hugging the goal, found Sven Senteler between the circles, who sent the puck between the concretes of Arntzen. At 33:30 it was already 4:1. Gaëtan Haas picked up Isak Hansen’s errant pass and found Tristan Scherwey, who headed the puck past the Norwegian goalkeeper.

In the 52nd minute, Niederreiter added the fifth goal of the Swiss with a backhand stop in the power play when Noah Steen was sent off. The puck bounced to him from record holder Andres Ambühl, who improved to 62 points for 28 goals and 34 assists in his 19th appearance at the World Cup in his 132nd game.

Eighteen-year-old talent Michael Brandsegg-Nygard corrected the result 64 seconds before the end at Phillip Kurashev’s penalty, finishing the combination of Zuccarello and Thoresen in his first match at the world championship.

16,617 spectators watched the match in the O2 arena. The Norwegians will be the second opponent of the Czech national team in Group A on Saturday from 8:20 p.m.