Day 2 in Vancouver brings us four more teams that will seriously compete for a medal. Just like Team USA, Canada and Russia, all of these lines are subject to change. Here are the lines that each team practiced with going into their first game on Wednesday. Obviously, they can change 2 minutes into the game—but they should give some inside into the expectations for teach player.
You can find the initial line combinations for Team USA, Team Canada and Team Russia here.
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Team Sweden
Forwards
Daniel Sedin–Henrik Sedin –Mattias Weinhandl
Peter Forsberg –Henrik Zetterberg –Patrik Hörnqvist
Loui Eriksson –Nicklas Bäckström –Daniel Alfredsson
Johan Franzén –Samuel Påhlsson –Fredrik Modin
Defensemen
Mattias Öhlund –Tobias Enström
Nicklas Lidström –Nicklas Kronwall
Henrik Tallinder –Magnus Johansson
Douglas Murray –Johnny Oduya
Team Finland
Tuomo Ruutu—Mikko Koivu— Valtteri Filppula
Niklas Hagman—Antti Miettinen—Olli Jokinen
Saku Koivu—Teemu Selanne—Jere Lehtinen
Ville Peltonen- Niko Kapanen- Jarkko Ruutu
Team Czech Republic
Jaromir Jagr- Roman Cervenka- Petr Cajanek
Martin Havlat- Tomas Plekanec- Patrik Elias
Martin Erat- David Krejci- Tomas Fleischmann
Milan Michalek- Josef Vasicek- Tomas Rolinek
Team Slovakia
Ziggy Palffy—Josef Stumpel—Richard Zednik
Miro Satan—Michal Handzus— Lubos Bartecko
Marcel Hossa—Pavol Demitra- Branko Radivojevic
Tomas Kopecky–Martin Cibak.
Marion Gaborik confirmed to miss first 2 games.
Marian Hossa missed practice; these are the line combinations without Hossa in the lineup. Take the lines for what they are.
Matt Reitz
Matt Reitz is an NHL Writer for ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports and the Editor-In-Chief here at ViewFromMySeats.com. When he's not shoving a mic in the face of NHLers or explaining why home teams should wear white, he's usually trying to figure out what song to play next on his iPod. It's a never-ending job.
