Box Score: Japan at Sweden Posted: Sat February 14, 1998 at 12:34 a.m EST

Japan                0 0 0--0	 
Sweden               2 2 1--5	 

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Sweden, Andersson 1 (power play)
(unassisted), 10:58. 2, Sweden, Holst 1 (J Elfsberg), 18:33. Penalties:
Togawa, Jpn (tripping), 6:01; Y Ohno, Jpn (charging), 9:09; Holst, Swe
(hooking), 13:30; Almblad, Swe (slashing), 19:59.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Sweden, M Gustafsson 1 (A Elfving), 5:34.
4, Sweden, Rooth 2 (power play) (Andersson, Holst), 11:15. Penalties: J
Elfsberg, Swe (tripping), 1:02; Almblad, Swe (tripping), 6:40; S Ono, Jpn
(hooking), 9:37; Togawa, Jpn (interference), 10:38; Igarashi, Jpn
(tripping), 18:46.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Sweden, Holst 2 (Rooth), 19:18. Penalties:
Andersson, Swe (interference), 2:46; M Sato, Jpn (interference), 3:08; J
Elfsberg, Swe (charging), 6:10; Andersson, Swe (Body checking), 12:58.

Shots on goal:
Japan                 3  5  7--15
Sweden               10 12  8--30

Power-play Conversions: Jpn - 0 of 7, Swe - 2 of 6.  Goalies: Japan, Oda
(30 shots, 25 saves; record: 0-2-0). Sweden, Goethesson (15, 15; record:
1-1-0).  A: 6,009.  Referee: Dombrowski. Linesmen: Giguere, Parece.