Sweden is right back on the ice a day after winning its first knockout round game at the Winter Olympics in men’s hockey.

The Swedes get to take on Team USA in a quarterfinal, with one team advancing to the medal rounds and the other going home.

That makes one Swedish lineup decision on Wednesday particularly strange: Rasmus Andersson isn’t playing.

The former Calgary Flames defenseman, recently traded to the Vegas Golden Knights, is a scratch for the second consecutive day.

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He’s joined by Marcus Johansson, who played Tuesday but sits Wednesday in favor of Jesper Bratt.

Sweden has seven defensemen available: Gustav Forsling, Rasmus Dahlin, Victor Hedman, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Philip Broberg, Erik Karlsson and Hampus Lindholm.

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Why isn’t Rasmus Andersson playing today?

Andersson’s absence hasn’t been explained in the English-language media.

The major change in how Sweden has operated since earlier in the tournament is that Ekman-Larsson is now seeing substantial ice time. He was dressed but got zero shifts in Sweden’s opener, but he’s since worked himself into a key role.

Somehow, the depth chart shifting has boxed out Andersson, who is a solid playmaker from the blue line.

Sweden will hope to pull the upset on Wednesday, and if that happens, Andersson will have to make a late push for inclusion back into the lineup going forward.

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