Sweden held off a late rally by the Czech Republic and won 3-2 on Sunday at Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Swedes had a 2-0 lead after the first period and were up 3-1 following Mika Zibanejad's (New York Rangers) marker 3:11 into the final period. Tomas Hyka scored with 4:14 left in regulation to get the Czechs to within one tally, but they couldn't close the gap any more.
Sweden finished with a slight 27-25 edge in shots on goal.
Pavel Francouz, the newly-signed goaltender of the Avalanche, did not play in the game for the Czech Republic after stopping 15 of 17 shots in the team's overtime win on Saturday in the opener against rival Slovakia.
The Czech Republic has Monday off before playing Switzerland on Tuesday.