In a game that Austria looked to hang on and upset Sweden in the World Championships, Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin took charge.
Brodin, 31, one day after he got the best player from Sweden's 5-0 win over Slovakia, scored a huge goal for Sweden over Austria on Saturday.
Down 2-1 to Austria with three minutes left, Brodin fired a shot from the point that beat the Austrian goaltender to tie the game at 2-2.
Not long after, New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad scored to give Sweden the lead just 12 seconds later. Alexander Wennberg scored an empty-net goal a minute later to seal a 4-2 win over Austria.
It all started with Brodin's game-tying goal late. He has two goals in two games now and leads all defensemen in points and goals in the tournament so far.
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