Russia vs Denmark: the Russians to win

Russia are on the second line of the standings after three games and have six points in the asset. We think the Russian national team looked better than everyone else in the two starting games. They defeated the Czech Republic (4:3) and crushed Great Britain with a score of 7:1.

However, Valery Bragin's charges unexpectedly lost to Slovakia. They managed to score only one goal and conceded three. The Russians conceded the decisive goal while shorthanded and didn't equalize the score, although they had good chances. By the way, Alexander Samonov played the full game and stopped 25 shots.

Denmark have never been considered a strong team, and in this championship, it is one of the clear outsiders. The team created a sensation by beating Sweden in their first game (4:3), but in the next one, they could not break through the Swiss defense, losing 0:1. It is worth mentioning that in that game the Danes made only four shots at the opponent's goal.

Heinz Ehlers' charges will probably earn all the points in matches against weaker opponents and will have very small chances of getting into the playoffs. It is worth saying that Denmark almost always suffer crushing defeats from the Russians.