Later within the interval when Denmark was again on the facility play Patrick Bjorkstrand had an ideal probability to tie the sport, however his shot simply missed the far facet and he appeared to the rafters in disbelief. The Swiss additionally had a fantastic probability short-handed, however Dichow robbed Janis Moser with a right-pad save.
The Swiss wasted no time getting their first energy play within the second, and capitalizing on it. Timo Meier beat Dichow at 1:03, simply 9 seconds after gaining the benefit. They made it 3-0 4 minutes afterward an odd play. Dichow made a right-pad save off a shot from Pius Suter, however on the subsequent whistle the referees conferred with video assessment. Sure sufficient, replays confirmed that Dichow’s pad was behind the purpose line when he kicked the puck out, and the puck was clearly throughout the road.
They elevated their lead at 12:39 when Moser got here to the web from the left facet and beat Dichow with a excessive shot to the brief facet. Late within the interval they transformed one other power-play probability. This time it was a pleasant go from captain Nico Hischier to Philipp Kurashev in entrance.
The closest Denmark got here to scoring was halfway by way of the interval when Ehlers ripped a shot off the submit, however the puck pinged harmlessly into the nook.
The Swiss added one other power-play purpose at 6:39 of the third, Malgin ripping a shot over the shoulder of Sebastian Dahm, who had changed Dichow to begin the interval.
NOTE: Danish defenceman Oliver Lauridsen suffered a shoulder harm halfway by way of the primary interval and did not retun.