{"id":455457,"date":"2026-02-12T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/455457\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:27:17","slug":"2026-olympics-lehkonen-finns-upset-landeskog-scores-in-sweden-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/455457\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Olympics: Lehkonen, Finns Upset; Landeskog Scores in Sweden Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

The opening day of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics did not disappoint. In a matter of a few hours, Slovakia upset Finland, and Italy gave Sweden a brief scare before being severely outmatched.<\/p>\n

Finland opened the tournament with an opportunity to erase disappointment from last year\u2019s 4 Nations Face-Off. Instead, they suffered a disappointing 4-1 defeat despite outshooting the opposition 40-25.<\/p>\n

Artturi Lehkonen recorded a secondary assist on Finland\u2019s first goal on the power play, but it wasn\u2019t enough. Juraj Slafkovsky had two goals for Slovakia.<\/p>\n

Joel Kiviranta dressed as Finland\u2019s 13th forward.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gabe Landeskog quickly made his mark on the Sweden game. He laid out an Italian defender on the forecheck on his first shift and later scored a one-timer on the power play to even the score. Italy had tallied the first goal before Landeskog found the back of the net. Sweden won 5-2.<\/p>\n

The Avalanche\u2019s captain, who also wears the \u2018C\u2019 for Sweden, was a regular on the power play but took shifts on the fourth line with center Alex Wennberg and winger Pontus Holmberg.<\/p>\n


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