Detroit Red Wings left wing Lucas Raymond was held off the scoresheet as Sweden downed Italy 5-2 on Wednesday in the Olympic hockey tournament. Five different players scored for Sweden, with Raymond’s Olympic roommate, defenseman Rasmus Dahlin of the Buffalo Sabres, dishing out three assists. The Swedes are 1-0 in the tournament.

Time On Ice

Raymond played 15:25, the fourth-highest total among Swedish forwards. He skated 18 shifts, averaging 51 seconds per shift.

Production

Playing in his first Olympic Game, Raymond put three of Sweden’s 60 shots on Italian goalie Damian Clara. He was even for the game.

Game Notes

Sweden’s 60 shots were an Olympic record. The shots were 20-3 Sweden after 13 minutes, but the scoreboard read 1-0 Italy. The game was much closer than the score would indicate. Mika Zibanejad of the New York Rangers made it 4-2 with four minutes to play. Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning completed the scoring with an empty-net goal.

Damian Clara, the first-ever Italian player drafted to the NHL, made his presence known despite falling to Sweden in the Men’s Hockey preliminary round 👏

Clara got injured on this save and needed to leave the game after 46 minutes played. pic.twitter.com/Slj33dqT9f

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 11, 2026

Sweden’s Prince Daniel took in the game and visited the Swedish dressing room before the contest. Isabella Wrana, gold medal-winner for the Swedes in Olympic mixed curling, also took in the game, opting to skip watching her brother and fellow mixed double gold medalist Rasmus play in Sweden’s men’s curling opener.

Analysis

It’s already clear that Raymond is one of the go-to players on the Swedish team. His 60 points for the Red Wings this season are the most by any player in Sweden’s lineup. He’s skating on Sweden’s second forward line alongside Jesper Bratt of the New Jersey Devils and Elias Lindholm of the Boston Bruins.

That’s a Swede lineup 🙂‍↕️

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— NHL (@NHL) February 11, 2026

It appears that he will be a primary set-up man from the wing on the No. 1 power play. He may be as important to the Swedish national team as he is to the Red Wings.

Next Game

The Swedes play Finland, their archrival, on Friday at 6 a.m. The Finns won the World Championship last spring, but were stunned 4-1 by Slovakia on Wednesday.