Russia's Pavel Doronin collides with Sweden's Robin Figren during the first period of their semi-final game at the 2008 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic on Friday. (Shaun Best/Reuters)
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PARDUBICE, Czech Republic — Mikael Backlund scored at 6:18 of overtime Friday to give Sweden a 2-1 victory over Russia in the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship.
Russia's Nikita Filatov opened the scoring late in the second period on a breakaway, sliding the puck between the legs of goalie Jhonas Enroth. Sweden's Robin Figren tied it on the power play with 8:10 left in the third period.
Sweden will next face three-time defending champion Canada, which beat the U.S. 4-1 in the other semi-final, for gold on Saturday.
Russia will take on the U.S. for the bronze medal, also on Saturday.
