Team Sweden’s Rickard Rakell to miss game with illness

Olli Maatta scored 4:17 into overtime to get Team Finland a 3-2 win over Team Sweden in pre-tournament action.

Team Sweden forward Rickard Rakell will miss Saturday’s World Cup pre-tournament game against Finland with an illness, the team announced.

The Anaheim Ducks centre recorded an assist in 13:47 of playing time during the two teams’ tournament-opener on Friday.

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