Sweden, the No. 7 seed, will face No. 2 seed Team USA on Wednesday (3:10 p.m ET; Peacock, NBC, ICI Tele, CBC Gem, CBC [JIP], SN, TSN [JIP]).
Mika Zibanejad, William Nylander and Gabriel Landeskog each had a goal and an assist, Filip Forsberg and Adrian Kempe also scored, Lucas Raymond had three assists, and Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves for Sweden to get his second win in as many games after serving as Filip Gustavsson’s backup for the first two games.
Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves and Eduards Tralmaks scored for Latvia, which leaves Milan with one win in four games.
Kempe and Landeskog scored 41 seconds apart in the first period thanks to some fortuitous bounces.