SOCHI -- Sweden completed play inside Group C with a perfect record, but the gold medallion contenders are far from best in the way they are playing.

Sweden earned Group C with a 5-3 earn against Latvia at Shayba Arena about Saturday in a game in which defenseman Alexander Edler made his debut on the 2014 Sochi Olympics after serving his / her two-game suspension with the International Glaciers Hockey Federation.

After losing captain Henrik Zetterberg in order to injury after one game and center Henrik Sedin before the Olympic games, the return of Edler was at least some good news for Norway on the lineup front.Barcelona #18 Jordi Alba Light Blue Third Authentic Soccer Jersey 15/16 Spain Futbol Club Short Shirt

"It was fun. Finally I got to play," Edler said. "It's something I was looking forward to for a long time."

But forward Carl Hagelin left the game with an injury and also Sweden struggled to beat Latvia,Barcelona #13 Claudio Bravo Orange Away Replica Soccer Jersey 14/15 Spain Futbol Club Short Shirt needing a Henrik Lundqvist save on the Martins Karsums breakaway to avoid being tied 4-4 with below nine minutes to play within regulation.

A little over a moment later, Edler scored to make it 5-3 and also send Sweden into the quarterfinals using a 3-0-0 record in group play.

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Karlsson began the actual tournament playing with Oliver Ekman-Larsson, a defensive pairing that was the biggest bad threat in Sochi.

With Edler's return, nonetheless, he was slotted alongside Karlsson and Ekman-Larsson barely played towards Latvia with 7:06 regarding ice time, lowest between Sweden's defensemen.

"We want to give Alex an opportunity to perform in that position," Sweden affiliate coach Rikard Gronberg said. "I think Oliver offers another step, for sure. I think he can step up a little bit. Certainly Erik is producing offensively, as you can see. They're both very talented gamers. But we just wanted to give Alex an opportunity to play in that place. I think he did genuine well."

Sweden swept Group Chemical, but it wasn't easy.

The Swedes commenced the tournament with an underwhelming 4-2 earn against the Czech Republic before beating Swiss 1-0 and allowing winless Latvia to hang close to for so long.

With three days away before the quarterfinals, Sweden has serious amounts of try and fix whatever just isn't working and fine tune a few areas of the team's game.

"I think we have to step it big time before the next game," said center Patrik Berglund. "We haven't performed well at all, I think. I believe we struggled against Switzerland, and we struggled even more [Saturday]. They're just good teams but we got to play better, and we haven't. We've been winning the video games, but we haven't played nicely."