Last year, Sweden won both the Olympic and world titles -- the first country to do so.
Scott Niedermayer scored with 5:43 left in overtime to lift the Anaheim Ducks over the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Sunday leaving the NHL Western Conference finals at a game apiece.
Detroit went ahead for the first time at 1:03 into the third period, when a two-man advantage created space for Pavel Datsyuk's one-timer off a crisp pass from Robert Lang.
The 3-2 lead didn't last long.
Travis Moen tied the game four minutes later, giving the Ducks their second straight goal that required a video review.
Swarming defense limited scoring chances for the rest of regulation and when shots did go toward the net, Detroit's Dominik Hasek and Anaheim's Jean-Sebastien Giguere turned them away.
Hasek had 29 saves and Giguere finished with 24.
Game 3 is today.
In the first two periods, the Ducks took the lead twice and Detroit tied the game each time.
Rob Niedermayer scored at 17:04 of the first period and Kirk Maltby answered with a short-handed goal midway through the second.
Andy McDonald scored a little more than a minute after Maltby to put Anaheim ahead 2-1. Nicklas Lidstrom tied it at 16:07 of the second period with a power-play goal.
Anaheim's win guarantees the series will not end with a sweep for the first time in four matchups.
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