Red Wings Raymond Regrets Late Penalty / Detroit Hockey Now
Some critics are referring to it as a love faucet, however there was no love misplaced for the end result of the slashing penalty taken by Detroit Red Wings ahead Lucas Raymond that ended up costing Sweden a gaggle stage title in males’s Olympic hockey.
In Saturday’s closing Group B recreation towards Slovakia, Sweden was main 5-2. The Swedes had been put into that benefit because of a sensational aim scored by Raymond within the third interval. Darting round Slovak defenseman Simon Nemec, Raymond then tucked the puck by means of the pads of goalie Samuel Hlavaj.
Lucas Raymond of the @DetroitRedWings joined a trio of Team Sweden Olympic medalists with their three-point efficiency on Saturday. #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics#NHLStats: pic.twitter.com/TLId4QZyKx
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) February 14, 2026
With 39 seconds left in regulation time, Raymond cracked Slovakian captain and former Red Wings ahead Tomas Tatar throughout the shins together with his stick. He was assessed a slashing minor. With Raymond sitting within the penalty field, Slovakia’s Dalibor Dvorsky tallied a power-play aim.
The closing rating of 5-3 was each a victory and a devastating end result for the Swedes. In a three-way tie for prime spot with the Slovaks and Finland at 5-2, Sweden was profitable the tiebreaker for prime spot within the group, which was head-to-head aim differential within the video games involving the three nations.
Group B:
Finland beats Italy in regulation: three-way tie. That’s the place late aim had huge implications. Tiebreak is aim differential in video games between Finns, Swedes and Slovaks. Slovakia can be +1, Finland even, Sweden -1.
Any different consequence: Sweden 1st, beat Slovakia
— Elliotte Friedman (@FridgeHNIC) February 14, 2026
However, that late power-play aim modified the whole lot. It meant Slovakia (+1) gained the group forward of Finland (even) and Sweden (-1).
Red Wings Raymond Contrite After The Game
With the massive aim and two assists within the recreation, Raymond was sitting in a heroic place for Sweden. And then all of it turned when he took that seat within the sin bin.
“It’s unnecessary, of course,” Raymond advised Swedish web site Aftonbladet.
“It’s not fun. The guys played a great game the whole game. You don’t want to put the team in a situation like that.”
Raymond discovered it arduous to explain his emotions understanding what his penalty had price his group.
“Good question,” he stated. “I don’t know. Of course, it’s not fun.”
Swedish Media Takes Raymond To Task
Raymond was taking loads of warmth for his infringement from the Swedish media.
“Lucas Raymond gets that expulsion,” former professional participant Sanny Lindström stated in the course of the recreation broadcast on Sweden’s TV4. “As sensible as he’s within the third interval. and he’s concerned in taking the group victory in Sweden’s favor.
“So he becomes the scapegoat for an idiot thing.”
Håkan Södergren, a two-time world champion and 1984 Olympic bronze medal-winner with Sweden, was equally unimpressed in the course of the HBO Max broadcast.
“You can’t pull that one, Lucas,” Sodergren stated. “Very inexperienced for a participant who performs within the NHL and the nationwide group.
“That wasn’t smart.”
Swedish coach Sam Hallam additionally expressed his disappointment with undisciplined play from Raymond and a number of other of his teammates.
“We can’t have it,” Hallam advised Swedish web site Expressen. “It’s pointless, Lucas cannot have it.
“The discipline today… we need to take fewer expulsions, period.”
