Sweden 6, Latvia 3: Anton Frondell (Chicago Blackhawks) scored two goals for unbeaten Sweden in the quarterfinal round at Grand Casino Arena.

Leo Sahlin Wallenius (San Jose Sharks) had a goal and two assists, Alfons Freij (Winnipeg Jets) had two assists, and Love Harenstam (St. Louis Blues) made 13 saves for Sweden, which advanced to the semifinal round on Sunday.

“We have a lot of good players on the team that like to shoot and have a really high quality in the shots,” Frondell said. “So, we shouldn’t pass too much. We’ve been shooting it and it’s been working out good. So that’s important.”

Kristers Ansons, Martins Klaucans and Olivers Murnieks (all 2026 eligible) each scored, and Nils Maurins (2026 eligible) made 32 saves for Latvia, which was outscored 24-8 in four straight regulation defeats following a 2-1 overtime loss to Canada in its tournament opener.

Sweden eliminated Lavia in the quarterfinal round for the third time in the past five tournaments, winning 2-1 at the 2022 WJC and 3-2 at the 2025 WJC.

“We played Sweden,” Latvia defenseman and projected first-round pick in 2026 draft Alberts Smits said. “That’s a very tough team to match but it all started from 0-0 so I don’t know, there’s a lot of emotions going on in my in my body right now and in my mind. So we just had to be better if we wanted to win.”

Frondell gave Sweden a 1-0 lead 10 seconds into the first period on a tip-in from the slot.

Ansons made it 1-1 on a power-play goal at 13:07 into the first on a snap shot from the left face-off circle.

Jack Berglund (Philadelphia Flyers) put Sweden in front 2-1 at 16:15 of the first. Lucas Pettersson (Anaheim Ducks) curled behind the Latvia net and fed Berglund from the left post for the shot from the slot.

Sascha Boumedienne (Winnipeg Jets) pushed it to 3-1 on a shot from the point at 14:05 of the second period, and defenseman Felix Carell (2026 draft eligible) made it 4-1 on a one-timer from the high slot 1:45 later.

Frondell extended it to 5-1 at 1:58 of the third period. Klaucans scored to pull Latvia within 5-2 at 3:50. Wallenius made it 6-2 at 15:54, before Murnieks (2026 eligible) scored a power-play goal for Latvia at 18:10 for the 6-3 final.

“We need to be humble, calm, not focusing on what may happen if we win out here, but just focus on what we can control, what we can do,” Frondell said.